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Ben Goldsborough vs Sir Julian Lewis

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 Julian Lewis
Sir Julian Lewis
Con New Forest East

Voting alignment

Ben Goldsborough and Sir Julian Lewis voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 395 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 387 different votes 395 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 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
13 Aye 8 No
Benefits 10% aligned 21 shared votes
6 Aye 15 No
25 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 52 shared votes
25 Aye 27 No
46 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 75 shared votes
29 Aye 46 No
28 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 41 shared votes
13 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
46 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 75 shared votes
29 Aye 46 No
28 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 41 shared votes
13 Aye 28 No
30 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 38 shared votes
8 Aye 30 No
9 Aye 18 No
Defence 0% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
19 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 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
80.0 %
7 % above average
Rank 200 of 649
495
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,889
2,361 eligible divisions
248
50.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
892
47.2 % of votes cast
247
49.9 % of votes cast
No votes
997
52.8 % of votes cast
2
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
41
2.2 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

60
-17.9 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 650
Appearances
361
+283.1 vs Commons average
Rank 5 of 650
77
-61.3 vs Commons average
Rank 398 of 650
Contributions
490
+351.7 vs Commons average
Rank 20 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
£2,159,138
all imported IPSA years
£162,821
28 % below average
Latest expenses
£212,155
6 % below average
5
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
39 of 39 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
193 of 211 votes
Housing
31 of 31 votes
#2
Trade
83 of 91 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#3
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#4
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
58 of 66 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
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
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
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
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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