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Mr Paul Foster vs Ben Goldsborough

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


Voting alignment

Mr Paul Foster and Ben Goldsborough voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 427 shared comparable votes.

425 same votes 2 different votes 427 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
48 Aye 20 No
Tax 100% aligned 68 shared votes
48 Aye 20 No
31 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 50 shared votes
31 Aye 19 No
25 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 40 shared votes
25 Aye 15 No
30 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 39 shared votes
30 Aye 9 No
9 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 29 shared votes
9 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
48 Aye 20 No
Tax 100% aligned 68 shared votes
48 Aye 20 No
31 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 50 shared votes
31 Aye 19 No
25 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 40 shared votes
25 Aye 15 No
30 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 39 shared votes
30 Aye 9 No
9 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 29 shared votes
9 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

81.4%
9% above average
Rank 175 of 649
Participation
85.3%
13% above average
Rank 88 of 649
480
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
503
590 eligible divisions
240
50.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
249
49.5% of votes cast
240
50.0% of votes cast
No votes
254
50.5% of votes cast
8
1.7% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.8% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

49
-34.7 vs Commons average
Rank 457 of 649
Appearances
68
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 331 of 649
87
-58.9 vs Commons average
Rank 381 of 649
Contributions
101
-44.9 vs Commons average
Rank 334 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£194,848
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£162,821
all imported IPSA years
£194,848
14% below average
Latest expenses
£162,821
28% below average
13
5 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

Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
#1
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Transport
28 of 29 votes
#5
Housing
31 of 32 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API