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Ben Goldsborough vs Kirsty Blackman

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


Voting alignment

Ben Goldsborough and Kirsty Blackman voted the same way 41% of the time, based on 129 shared comparable votes.

53 same votes 76 different votes 129 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 0 No
Transport 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
21 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 81% aligned 26 shared votes
20 Aye 6 No
1 Aye 4 No
Migration 80% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 75% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 1 No
Education 75% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 3 No
Defence 0% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
0 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
5 Aye 2 No
Energy 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
24 Aye 9 No
Tax 18% aligned 33 shared votes
15 Aye 18 No
5 Aye 11 No
Benefits 31% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

85.9 %
13 % above average
Rank 89 of 648
Participation
56.8 %
16 % below average
Rank 600 of 648
452
526 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,313
2,312 eligible divisions
234
51.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
748
57.0 % of votes cast
218
48.2 % of votes cast
No votes
565
43.0 % 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
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

53
-6.9 vs Commons average
Rank 296 of 648
Appearances
89
+29.1 vs Commons average
Rank 110 of 648
68
-39.9 vs Commons average
Rank 354 of 648
Contributions
208
+100.1 vs Commons average
Rank 71 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£162,821
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,143,527
all imported IPSA years
£162,821
28 % below average
Latest expenses
£320,448
42 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
200 of 211 votes
Housing
31 of 31 votes
#2
Trade
78 of 88 votes
Energy
17 of 17 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 43 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#4
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#5
Migration
133 of 169 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API