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Sammy Wilson vs Ben Goldsborough

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


Voting alignment

Sammy Wilson and Ben Goldsborough voted the same way 10% of the time, based on 258 shared comparable votes.

26 same votes 232 different votes 258 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
12 Aye 4 No
Housing 50% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
14 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 13% aligned 32 shared votes
18 Aye 14 No
4 Aye 4 No
Benefits 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
16 Aye 8 No
Defence 8% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 40 No
Tax 0% aligned 60 shared votes
40 Aye 20 No
5 Aye 14 No
Education 0% aligned 19 shared votes
14 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 3 No
Transport 0% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 2 No
Trade 0% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 1 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

62.0%
11% below average
Rank 558 of 649
Participation
85.3%
13% above average
Rank 88 of 649
1,472
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
503
590 eligible divisions
732
49.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
249
49.5% of votes cast
740
50.3% of votes cast
No votes
254
50.5% of votes cast
11
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.8% of votes cast
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

108
+26.3 vs Commons average
Rank 141 of 649
Appearances
65
-16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 341 of 649
151
+8.7 vs Commons average
Rank 194 of 649
Contributions
79
-63.3 vs Commons average
Rank 399 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,714,557
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£162,821
all imported IPSA years
£250,082
11% above average
Latest expenses
£162,821
28% below average
2
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

Brexit / EU
195 of 211 votes
#1
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Trade
70 of 91 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Defence
50 of 71 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Energy
47 of 70 votes
#5
Housing
31 of 32 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API