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Ben Goldsborough vs Sir Geoffrey Cox

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 Geoffrey Cox
Sir Geoffrey Cox
Con Torridge and Tavistock

Voting alignment

Ben Goldsborough and Sir Geoffrey Cox voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 208 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 204 different votes 208 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
12 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 32 shared votes
18 Aye 14 No
36 Aye 12 No
Tax 0% aligned 48 shared votes
12 Aye 36 No
25 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
6 Aye 25 No
13 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 18 shared votes
5 Aye 13 No
9 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 12 No
Tax 0% aligned 48 shared votes
12 Aye 36 No
25 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
6 Aye 25 No
13 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 18 shared votes
5 Aye 13 No
9 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
9 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 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
66.7 %
7 % below average
Rank 497 of 648
452
526 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,542
2,312 eligible divisions
234
51.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
718
46.6 % of votes cast
218
48.2 % of votes cast
No votes
824
53.4 % of votes cast
2
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
21 years, 1 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

53
-7.4 vs Commons average
Rank 273 of 648
Appearances
4
-56.4 vs Commons average
Rank 632 of 648
68
-40.9 vs Commons average
Rank 338 of 648
Contributions
9
-99.9 vs Commons average
Rank 622 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
£2,716,834
all imported IPSA years
£162,821
28 % below average
Latest expenses
£264,705
17 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
13
3 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
173 of 211 votes
Housing
31 of 31 votes
#2
Trade
71 of 88 votes
Energy
17 of 17 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
48 of 60 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#4
Migration
125 of 169 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#5
Defence
43 of 59 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
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
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
No
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
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 98 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 41 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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