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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 444 shared comparable votes.

442 same votes 2 different votes 444 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 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 80 shared votes
51 Aye 29 No
28 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 49 shared votes
28 Aye 21 No
26 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 42 shared votes
26 Aye 16 No
23 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
23 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 21 No
Defence 100% aligned 31 shared votes
10 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
51 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 80 shared votes
51 Aye 29 No
28 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 49 shared votes
28 Aye 21 No
26 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 42 shared votes
26 Aye 16 No
23 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
23 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 21 No
Defence 100% aligned 31 shared votes
10 Aye 21 No

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

Voting record

79.6%
7% above average
Rank 208 of 649
Participation
85.3%
13% above average
Rank 88 of 649
1,891
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
503
590 eligible divisions
1,028
54.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
249
49.5% of votes cast
863
45.6% of votes cast
No votes
254
50.5% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.8% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

55
-27.3 vs Commons average
Rank 414 of 649
Appearances
68
-14.3 vs Commons average
Rank 320 of 649
71
-72.5 vs Commons average
Rank 436 of 649
Contributions
101
-42.5 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 649

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
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
2 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
62 of 67 votes
#1
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#5
Housing
31 of 32 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API