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Brian Mathew vs Paul Holmes

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


Voting alignment

Brian Mathew and Paul Holmes voted the same way 79% of the time, based on 255 shared comparable votes.

201 same votes 54 different votes 255 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
24 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 52 shared votes
24 Aye 28 No
5 Aye 13 No
Education 94% aligned 18 shared votes
4 Aye 14 No
8 Aye 4 No
Transport 92% aligned 12 shared votes
9 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 91% aligned 22 shared votes
1 Aye 21 No
4 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 89% aligned 19 shared votes
4 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
1 Aye 2 No
Migration 0% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 1 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 57% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 6 No
Housing 58% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 1 No
Energy 60% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

65.8%
7% below average
Rank 505 of 649
Participation
85.0%
12% above average
Rank 93 of 649
388
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,410
1,658 eligible divisions
196
50.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
702
49.8% of votes cast
192
49.5% of votes cast
No votes
708
50.2% of votes cast
13
3.4% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.4% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

80
-1.8 vs Commons average
Rank 258 of 649
Appearances
112
+30.2 vs Commons average
Rank 129 of 649
90
-52.7 vs Commons average
Rank 361 of 649
Contributions
385
+242.3 vs Commons average
Rank 39 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£157,740
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,091,272
all imported IPSA years
£157,740
30% below average
Latest expenses
£234,722
4% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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

#1
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
Housing
28 of 32 votes
#4
Trade
50 of 53 votes
Benefits
25 of 30 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API