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Ben Goldsborough vs Bob Blackman

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Ben Goldsborough
Ben Goldsborough
Lab South Norfolk
vs
Photograph of Bob Blackman
Bob Blackman
Con Harrow East

Voting alignment

Ben Goldsborough and Bob Blackman voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 368 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 359 different votes 368 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
3 Aye 3 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
1 Aye 6 No
NHS / Health 14% aligned 7 shared votes
7 Aye 0 No
13 Aye 6 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
4 Aye 15 No
26 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 52 shared votes
25 Aye 27 No
54 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 83 shared votes
29 Aye 54 No
Most different by topic
54 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 83 shared votes
29 Aye 54 No
27 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 40 shared votes
13 Aye 27 No
23 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
8 Aye 23 No
8 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

86.3 %
13 % above average
Rank 74 of 647
Participation
88.1 %
15 % above average
Rank 49 of 647
472
547 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,055
2,333 eligible divisions
238
50.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
966
47.0 % of votes cast
234
49.6 % of votes cast
No votes
1,089
53.0 % of votes cast
2
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

52
-14.2 vs Commons average
Rank 344 of 650
Appearances
130
+63.8 vs Commons average
Rank 46 of 650
67
-50.8 vs Commons average
Rank 396 of 650
Contributions
153
+35.2 vs Commons average
Rank 140 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£162,821
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
£162,821
28 % below average
Latest expenses
£312,612
38 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
10
6 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
211 of 211 votes
Housing
31 of 31 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
Energy
17 of 17 votes
#3
Trade
84 of 88 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#4
Defence
60 of 64 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#5
Migration
155 of 169 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Third Reading 26 Mar 2025
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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