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Jeff Smith vs Ben Goldsborough

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


Voting alignment

Jeff Smith and Ben Goldsborough voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 429 shared comparable votes.

427 same votes 2 different votes 429 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
51 Aye 26 No
Tax 100% aligned 77 shared votes
51 Aye 26 No
28 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 49 shared votes
28 Aye 21 No
25 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 41 shared votes
25 Aye 16 No
23 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
23 Aye 9 No
9 Aye 21 No
Defence 100% aligned 30 shared votes
9 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
51 Aye 26 No
Tax 100% aligned 77 shared votes
51 Aye 26 No
28 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 49 shared votes
28 Aye 21 No
25 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 41 shared votes
25 Aye 16 No
23 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
23 Aye 9 No
9 Aye 21 No
Defence 100% aligned 30 shared votes
9 Aye 21 No

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

Voting record

79.7 %
7 % above average
Rank 210 of 650
Participation
85.8 %
13 % above average
Rank 83 of 650
1,868
2,344 eligible divisions
Total votes
479
558 eligible divisions
1,018
54.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
239
49.9 % of votes cast
850
45.5 % of votes cast
No votes
240
50.1 % of votes cast
8
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4 % of votes cast
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

34
-35.8 vs Commons average
Rank 496 of 650
Appearances
54
-15.8 vs Commons average
Rank 363 of 650
47
-76.9 vs Commons average
Rank 489 of 650
Contributions
69
-54.9 vs Commons average
Rank 400 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£162,821
all imported IPSA years
£284,126
26 % above average
Latest expenses
£162,821
28 % below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
1
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

Housing
61 of 66 votes
#1
Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#2
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 43 votes
#3
Energy
17 of 17 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API