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Sir Stephen Timms vs Ben Goldsborough

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


Voting alignment

Sir Stephen Timms and Ben Goldsborough voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 391 shared comparable votes.

390 same votes 1 different votes 391 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
41 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 70 shared votes
41 Aye 29 No
24 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 50 shared votes
24 Aye 26 No
24 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 38 shared votes
24 Aye 14 No
28 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 37 shared votes
28 Aye 9 No
19 Aye 8 No
Housing 100% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
41 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 70 shared votes
41 Aye 29 No
24 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 50 shared votes
24 Aye 26 No
24 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 38 shared votes
24 Aye 14 No
28 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 37 shared votes
28 Aye 9 No
19 Aye 8 No
Housing 100% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

78.5%
6% above average
Rank 228 of 649
Participation
85.3%
13% above average
Rank 88 of 649
1,866
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
503
590 eligible divisions
1,024
54.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
249
49.5% of votes cast
842
45.1% of votes cast
No votes
254
50.5% of votes cast
14
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.8% of votes cast
32 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1994
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

53
-29.3 vs Commons average
Rank 424 of 649
Appearances
68
-14.3 vs Commons average
Rank 320 of 649
199
+55.5 vs Commons average
Rank 135 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

£2,605,766
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£162,821
all imported IPSA years
£272,963
21% above average
Latest expenses
£162,821
28% below average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
2 registered categories
8
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
65 of 69 votes
#1
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
Defence
64 of 71 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Migration
154 of 171 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#5
Housing
31 of 32 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API