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Sarah Owen vs Ben Goldsborough

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Owen and Ben Goldsborough voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 364 shared comparable votes.

362 same votes 2 different votes 364 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
35 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 65 shared votes
35 Aye 30 No
15 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 40 shared votes
15 Aye 25 No
10 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 30 shared votes
10 Aye 20 No
21 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 29 shared votes
21 Aye 8 No
14 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 65 shared votes
35 Aye 30 No
15 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 40 shared votes
15 Aye 25 No
10 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 30 shared votes
10 Aye 20 No
21 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 29 shared votes
21 Aye 8 No
14 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

67.1%
5% below average
Rank 473 of 650
Participation
84.8%
12% above average
Rank 96 of 650
1,140
1,699 eligible divisions
Total votes
535
631 eligible divisions
581
51.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
262
49.0% of votes cast
559
49.0% 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
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

68
-26.5 vs Commons average
Rank 382 of 650
Appearances
91
-3.5 vs Commons average
Rank 260 of 650
84
-80.5 vs Commons average
Rank 441 of 650
Contributions
159
-5.5 vs Commons average
Rank 222 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£998,822
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£162,821
all imported IPSA years
£276,668
22% above average
Latest expenses
£162,821
28% below average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
2 registered categories
3
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

Foreign Affairs
60 of 63 votes
#1
Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
Defence
58 of 70 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Brexit / EU
51 of 64 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Migration
121 of 154 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
NHS / Health
35 of 47 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
64 of 66 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API