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Ben Goldsborough vs Sir Bernard Jenkin

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 Sir Bernard Jenkin
Sir Bernard Jenkin
Con Harwich and North Essex

Voting alignment

Ben Goldsborough and Sir Bernard Jenkin voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 333 shared comparable votes.

10 same votes 323 different votes 333 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
4 Aye 6 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 5 No
Migration 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
18 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 44 shared votes
25 Aye 19 No
48 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
24 Aye 48 No
Most different by topic
48 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
24 Aye 48 No
23 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
12 Aye 23 No
10 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No
18 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 25 shared votes
7 Aye 18 No
12 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

86.1 %
13 % above average
Rank 75 of 649
Participation
79.7 %
7 % above average
Rank 203 of 649
495
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,881
2,361 eligible divisions
248
50.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
890
47.3 % of votes cast
247
49.9 % of votes cast
No votes
991
52.7 % of votes cast
2
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
21
1.1 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
34 years, 3 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

59
-19.5 vs Commons average
Rank 374 of 649
Appearances
113
+34.5 vs Commons average
Rank 114 of 649
76
-63.3 vs Commons average
Rank 406 of 649
Contributions
166
+26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 161 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£162,821
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,529,411
all imported IPSA years
£162,821
28 % below average
Latest expenses
£260,047
15 % above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
9
5 registered categories
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
39 of 39 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
205 of 211 votes
Housing
31 of 31 votes
#2
Migration
158 of 171 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#3
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#5
Trade
81 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
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
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
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