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Sarah Edwards vs Ben Goldsborough

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Edwards and Ben Goldsborough voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 349 shared comparable votes.

345 same votes 4 different votes 349 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
47 Aye 24 No
Tax 100% aligned 71 shared votes
47 Aye 24 No
28 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 38 shared votes
28 Aye 10 No
26 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
26 Aye 5 No
21 Aye 8 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
21 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
47 Aye 24 No
Tax 100% aligned 71 shared votes
47 Aye 24 No
28 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 38 shared votes
28 Aye 10 No
26 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
26 Aye 5 No
21 Aye 8 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
21 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

62.7%
10% below average
Rank 546 of 650
Participation
84.8%
12% above average
Rank 96 of 650
502
800 eligible divisions
Total votes
535
631 eligible divisions
274
54.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
262
49.0% of votes cast
228
45.4% of votes cast
No votes
273
51.0% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.7% of votes cast
3 years, 0 months
Since 19 Oct 2023
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

61
-33.5 vs Commons average
Rank 419 of 650
Appearances
91
-3.5 vs Commons average
Rank 260 of 650
77
-87.6 vs Commons average
Rank 456 of 650
Contributions
159
-5.6 vs Commons average
Rank 222 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£322,568
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£162,821
all imported IPSA years
£237,152
5% above average
Latest expenses
£162,821
28% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
2 registered categories
0
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

Democracy / Parliament
16 of 16 votes
#1
Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
Benefits
28 of 31 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Foreign Affairs
13 of 17 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 48 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Defence
24 of 34 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
64 of 66 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API