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Ben Goldsborough vs Sir Nicholas Dakin

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 Nicholas Dakin
Sir Nicholas Dakin
Lab Scunthorpe

Voting alignment

Ben Goldsborough and Sir Nicholas Dakin voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 450 shared comparable votes.

446 same votes 4 different votes 450 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
36 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 66 shared votes
36 Aye 30 No
31 Aye 29 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 60 shared votes
31 Aye 29 No
27 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
27 Aye 9 No
19 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
19 Aye 16 No
19 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 29 shared votes
19 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 66 shared votes
36 Aye 30 No
31 Aye 29 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 60 shared votes
31 Aye 29 No
27 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
27 Aye 9 No
19 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
19 Aye 16 No
19 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 29 shared votes
19 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
82.9%
11% above average
Rank 136 of 650
531
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
514
620 eligible divisions
261
49.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
251
48.8% of votes cast
270
50.8% of votes cast
No votes
263
51.2% of votes cast
4
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

82
-9.1 vs Commons average
Rank 294 of 650
Appearances
7
-84.1 vs Commons average
Rank 631 of 650
141
-17.3 vs Commons average
Rank 249 of 650
Contributions
7
-151.3 vs Commons average
Rank 627 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
£1,959,326
all imported IPSA years
£162,821
28% below average
Latest expenses
£208,878
8% below average
5
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Crime / Justice
64 of 66 votes
#5
Transport
29 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers 21 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API