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Sir John Whittingdale vs Ben Goldsborough

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


Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Ben Goldsborough voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 311 shared comparable votes.

10 same votes 301 different votes 311 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
4 Aye 13 No
Benefits 12% aligned 17 shared votes
11 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
18 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 35 shared votes
15 Aye 20 No
27 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 60 shared votes
33 Aye 27 No
10 Aye 25 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
25 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 60 shared votes
33 Aye 27 No
10 Aye 25 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
25 Aye 10 No
7 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
24 Aye 7 No
14 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No
5 Aye 12 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 17 shared votes
12 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

80.5%
8% above average
Rank 187 of 649
Participation
85.3%
13% above average
Rank 88 of 649
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
503
590 eligible divisions
915
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
249
49.5% of votes cast
998
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
254
50.5% of votes cast
12
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.8% of votes cast
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

77
-5.3 vs Commons average
Rank 283 of 649
Appearances
68
-14.3 vs Commons average
Rank 320 of 649
111
-32.5 vs Commons average
Rank 300 of 649
Contributions
101
-42.5 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£162,821
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£162,821
28% below average
10
6 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
204 of 211 votes
#1
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Defence
59 of 71 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