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Nick Smith vs Ben Goldsborough

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


Voting alignment

Nick Smith and Ben Goldsborough voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 438 shared comparable votes.

435 same votes 3 different votes 438 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
50 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 81 shared votes
50 Aye 31 No
26 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 49 shared votes
26 Aye 23 No
30 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 47 shared votes
30 Aye 17 No
30 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 39 shared votes
30 Aye 9 No
20 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
50 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 81 shared votes
50 Aye 31 No
26 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 49 shared votes
26 Aye 23 No
30 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 47 shared votes
30 Aye 17 No
30 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 39 shared votes
30 Aye 9 No
20 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

74.8%
2% above average
Rank 316 of 650
Participation
85.6%
13% above average
Rank 75 of 650
1,799
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
531
620 eligible divisions
1,024
56.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
261
49.2% of votes cast
775
43.1% of votes cast
No votes
270
50.8% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.8% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

96
+3.9 vs Commons average
Rank 234 of 650
Appearances
84
-8.1 vs Commons average
Rank 285 of 650
125
-35.1 vs Commons average
Rank 305 of 650
Contributions
144
-16.1 vs Commons average
Rank 250 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,595,067
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£162,821
all imported IPSA years
£251,492
11% above average
Latest expenses
£162,821
28% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
5
2 registered categories
2
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

Education
89 of 96 votes
#1
Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
Work / Employment
71 of 80 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Housing
59 of 67 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Foreign Affairs
71 of 82 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
178 of 212 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
64 of 66 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API