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Ben Goldsborough vs Mark Garnier

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 Mark Garnier
Mark Garnier
Con Wyre Forest

Voting alignment

Ben Goldsborough and Mark Garnier voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 340 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 334 different votes 340 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
13 Aye 5 No
Benefits 11% aligned 18 shared votes
3 Aye 15 No
19 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 46 shared votes
25 Aye 21 No
41 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 68 shared votes
27 Aye 41 No
27 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 39 shared votes
12 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
41 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 68 shared votes
27 Aye 41 No
27 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 39 shared votes
12 Aye 27 No
28 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
8 Aye 28 No
19 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
11 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 16 shared votes
5 Aye 11 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
84.2 %
11 % above average
Rank 123 of 648
452
526 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,946
2,312 eligible divisions
234
51.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
946
48.6 % of votes cast
218
48.2 % of votes cast
No votes
1,000
51.4 % of votes cast
2
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
23
1.2 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

53
-7.4 vs Commons average
Rank 273 of 648
Appearances
70
+9.6 vs Commons average
Rank 179 of 648
68
-40.9 vs Commons average
Rank 338 of 648
Contributions
234
+125.1 vs Commons average
Rank 53 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
£2,564,250
all imported IPSA years
£162,821
28 % below average
Latest expenses
£260,744
15 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
19
7 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
210 of 211 votes
Housing
31 of 31 votes
#2
Trade
83 of 88 votes
Energy
17 of 17 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 65 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#5
Migration
152 of 169 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to insist on Amendments 439C and 439D and disagree with Lords Amendments 439E and 439F 22 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
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
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
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