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Ben Goldsborough vs Sir Oliver Dowden

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Ben Goldsborough and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 293 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 288 different votes 293 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 8 No
Benefits 17% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
17 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 35 shared votes
18 Aye 17 No
41 Aye 20 No
Tax 0% aligned 61 shared votes
20 Aye 41 No
21 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
13 Aye 21 No
23 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
7 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
41 Aye 20 No
Tax 0% aligned 61 shared votes
20 Aye 41 No
21 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
13 Aye 21 No
23 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
7 Aye 23 No
19 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
7 Aye 19 No
11 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 16 shared votes
5 Aye 11 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
70.4 %
3 % below average
Rank 429 of 648
452
526 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,628
2,312 eligible divisions
234
51.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
751
46.1 % of votes cast
218
48.2 % of votes cast
No votes
877
53.9 % of votes cast
2
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
10
0.6 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

53
-7.4 vs Commons average
Rank 273 of 648
Appearances
41
-19.4 vs Commons average
Rank 405 of 648
68
-40.9 vs Commons average
Rank 338 of 648
Contributions
51
-57.9 vs Commons average
Rank 440 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
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£162,821
28 % below average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as 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
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
Housing
31 of 31 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Energy
17 of 17 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
40 of 45 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#4
Transport
71 of 87 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#5
Education
72 of 95 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API