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Ben Goldsborough vs Matthew Pennycook

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


Voting alignment

Ben Goldsborough and Matthew Pennycook voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 471 shared comparable votes.

467 same votes 4 different votes 471 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
50 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 82 shared votes
50 Aye 32 No
30 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 47 shared votes
30 Aye 17 No
24 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 46 shared votes
24 Aye 22 No
26 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 35 shared votes
26 Aye 9 No
20 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
50 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 82 shared votes
50 Aye 32 No
30 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 47 shared votes
30 Aye 17 No
24 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 46 shared votes
24 Aye 22 No
26 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 35 shared votes
26 Aye 9 No
20 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

85.6%
13% above average
Rank 75 of 650
Participation
82.2%
10% above average
Rank 150 of 650
531
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,978
2,406 eligible divisions
261
49.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,093
55.3% of votes cast
270
50.8% of votes cast
No votes
885
44.7% of votes cast
4
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

83
-8.0 vs Commons average
Rank 285 of 650
Appearances
155
+64.0 vs Commons average
Rank 80 of 650
143
-15.5 vs Commons average
Rank 247 of 650
Contributions
678
+519.5 vs Commons average
Rank 11 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
£1,761,831
all imported IPSA years
£162,821
28% below average
Latest expenses
£216,649
4% below average
5
2 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
42 of 42 votes
#1
Housing
63 of 67 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
77 of 82 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
46 of 49 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#4
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Crime / Justice
64 of 66 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API