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Ben Goldsborough vs Claire Hughes

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 Claire Hughes
Claire Hughes
Lab Bangor Aberconwy

Voting alignment

Ben Goldsborough and Claire Hughes voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 428 shared comparable votes.

426 same votes 2 different votes 428 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
55 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 84 shared votes
55 Aye 29 No
28 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 47 shared votes
28 Aye 19 No
29 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 46 shared votes
29 Aye 17 No
20 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
21 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
21 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
55 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 84 shared votes
55 Aye 29 No
28 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 47 shared votes
28 Aye 19 No
29 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 46 shared votes
29 Aye 17 No
20 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
21 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
21 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

85.8 %
13 % above average
Rank 83 of 650
Participation
90.3 %
18 % above average
Rank 19 of 650
479
558 eligible divisions
Total votes
504
558 eligible divisions
239
49.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
262
52.0 % of votes cast
240
50.1 % of votes cast
No votes
242
48.0 % of votes cast
2
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

54
-15.8 vs Commons average
Rank 363 of 650
Appearances
9
-60.8 vs Commons average
Rank 619 of 650
69
-54.9 vs Commons average
Rank 400 of 650
Contributions
9
-114.9 vs Commons average
Rank 622 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
£180,797
all imported IPSA years
£162,821
28 % below average
Latest expenses
£180,797
20 % below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Education
49 of 49 votes
Housing
31 of 31 votes
#2
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Energy
17 of 17 votes
#3
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#5
Energy
17 of 17 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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