Ben Goldsborough MP: votes, interests and costs
Ben Goldsborough (Labour) is the MP for South Norfolk, elected on 4 July 2024.
Offices and committees
Ben Goldsborough sits on 3 committees, according to the Parliament Members API.
Committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Immigration and Asylum Bill | 9 September 2026 | Current |
| Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee | 22 June 2026 | Current |
| Petitions Committee | 28 October 2024 | Current |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 50636a00fd51.
Register of interests
The Register of Members' Financial Interests lists 5 entries for Ben Goldsborough: Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources (4), Miscellaneous (1). The most recent was registered on 7 July 2026. Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
NFU - £219.45
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: Monetary
- Description of the payment: Travel costs as part of my involvement with the NFU Food and Farming Fellowship 2026
- Value of the benefit: £219.45
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-07-03
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-07-03
- Name of the donor: NFU
- Status of the donor: Trade Union
NFU - £37.40
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: Monetary
- Description of the payment: Mileage costs as part of my involvement with the NFU Food and Farming Fellowship 2026
- Value of the benefit: £37.40
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-06-12
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-06-12
- Name of the donor: NFU
- Status of the donor: Trade Union
NFU - £132.30
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: Monetary
- Description of the payment: Travel costs as part of my involvement with the NFU Food and Farming Fellowship 2026
- Value of the benefit: £132.30
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-02-27
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-02-27
- Name of the donor: NFU
- Status of the donor: Trade Union
NFU - £115.20
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: Monetary
- Description of the payment: travel costs as part of my involvement with the NFU Food and Farming Fellowship 2026
- Value of the benefit: £115.20
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-01-30
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-01-30
- Name of the donor: NFU
- Status of the donor: Trade Union
I was elected as an Officer of the Labour Rural Research Group (LRRG), a formally constituted group within the Labour Party focused on rural policy development and advocacy. This is an unpaid role.
- Date on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2026-01-26
- The type of interest: Formal role with a party organisation
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 27 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority publishes Ben Goldsborough's 2024-25 staffing spend as £119,530 (budget £185,538). IPSA lists office spending of £21,726 in the same year. Budgets for that year run from the MP's election on 4 July 2024, as IPSA's reason column states. IPSA publishes each budget, the amount spent and the amount left (the remaining amounts are in IPSA's files); no total across budgets is published, so none is given here.
| IPSA figure | 2024-25 |
|---|---|
| Staffing: spent | £119,530.07 |
| Office costs: spent | £21,726.11 |
| Accommodation: spent | £15,997.18 |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £5,567.20 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £30,426, staffing £185,538, accommodation £21,667 (Standard non-London area budget from 5 July 2024, and a start-up supplement of £6,000; Standard non-London area budget from 5 July 2024; Standard budget for renting a property in the London area from 5 July 2024).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: South Norfolk CC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Office Manager (permanent full time), Caseworker (permanent full time), Parliamentary Assistant (permanent full time), Communications Officer (permanent full time), Senior Caseworker (permanent full time), Constituency Communications Manager (permanent full time), Constituency Support Officer (permanent part time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
The Commons Votes API records 515 votes by Ben Goldsborough in divisions since 4 July 2024. Of these, 41 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. The latest 30 votes on bills and motions are below, from 22 June 2026 to 15 October 2026. On 15 October 2026 Ben Goldsborough voted No on "Highways (Financing) Bill: Second Reading: Reasoned Amendment".
Source: Commons Votes API, read 15 October 2026. Only divisions in which a vote is recorded for the MP are counted. The full list on UK Parliament.
Written questions
Ben Goldsborough has tabled 324 written questions since 4 July 2024, according to the Written Questions API. The latest 10 were addressed to Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero.
Sustainable Farming Incentive
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many SFI26 Window 2 applicants secured the maximum available sum.
Sustainable Farming Incentive
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many applicants began a SFI26 Window 2 application but were unable to finalise and submit that application before the budget was fully allocated.
Arts: Industry
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps the department is taking to support high growth-potential businesses in the creative industry sector in the East of England.
Agricultural Products: Import Controls
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 16 July 2026 to Question 17560, how much money from the Border Biosecurity Campaign in 2027/28 will be allocated to a) visible information campaigns in major …
Arts: Industry
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her department has made of a) the current value and b) the potential value of the creative industry sector in a) the UK, b) London, and c) Norfolk.
Heating: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what consumer protections are in place for vulnerable and low-income households unable to afford electrical heating solutions where Building Regulations prevent the reinstallation of higher-c …
Heating: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of Building Regulations preventing the reinstallation of higher-carbon heating appliances on vulnerable, elderly and low-income consumers …
Heat Pumps: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what consumer protections are in place where newly installed heat pumps do not adequately meet consumers' heating needs and Building Regulations prevent the reinstallation of higher-carbon he …
Food: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what metrics the Government plans to use to measure progress towards the commitment that 50% of publicly procured food should be local or produced to higher environmental standards.
Energy: Conservation
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment the department has made of the effectiveness of the Standard Assessment Procedure when applied to new energy-saving technologies.
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 5e052520ebfe. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Ben Goldsborough.
2024 general election
Ben Goldsborough won South Norfolk at the general election of 4 July 2024 with 17,353 votes (35.0%), a majority of 2,826 over Poppy Simister-Thomas (Conservative). Result as published: Lab gain from Con.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · South Norfolk figures
Built 15 October 2026 from official records; register entries and votes are re-read on a rolling schedule. This page sets out what the record shows and gives no rating of the MP. Official UK Parliament page · All MPs · Something wrong? Tell us.