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Ben Goldsborough vs Nick Timothy

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 Nick Timothy
Nick Timothy
Con West Suffolk

Voting alignment

Ben Goldsborough and Nick Timothy voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 283 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 277 different votes 283 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
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
12 Aye 5 No
Benefits 12% aligned 17 shared votes
3 Aye 14 No
23 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 39 shared votes
15 Aye 24 No
38 Aye 23 No
Tax 0% aligned 61 shared votes
23 Aye 38 No
28 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
8 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 23 No
Tax 0% aligned 61 shared votes
23 Aye 38 No
28 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
8 Aye 28 No
22 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
9 Aye 22 No
12 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
6 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 14 shared votes
8 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
68.8 %
4 % below average
Rank 461 of 648
452
526 eligible divisions
Total votes
362
526 eligible divisions
234
51.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
168
46.4 % of votes cast
218
48.2 % of votes cast
No votes
194
53.6 % of votes cast
2
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

53
-7.4 vs Commons average
Rank 273 of 648
Appearances
90
+29.6 vs Commons average
Rank 105 of 648
68
-40.9 vs Commons average
Rank 338 of 648
Contributions
111
+2.1 vs Commons average
Rank 191 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
£194,714
all imported IPSA years
£162,821
28 % below average
Latest expenses
£194,714
14 % below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
16
5 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
Work / Employment
36 of 37 votes
Housing
31 of 31 votes
#2
Energy
14 of 17 votes
Energy
17 of 17 votes
#3
Tax
85 of 108 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#4
Defence
17 of 22 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
46 of 61 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
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
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Pensions Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88A and 88C and propose amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendment 88B 22 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) to (b) in lieu of Lords Amendments 359 and 439 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) to (d) in lieu of Lords Amendment 11 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Where they voted the same
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
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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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