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Claire Hughes vs Mr Richard Holden

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

Photograph of Claire Hughes
Claire Hughes
Lab Bangor Aberconwy
vs
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Mr Richard Holden
Con Basildon and Billericay

Voting alignment

Claire Hughes and Mr Richard Holden voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 333 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 329 different votes 333 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
6 Aye 8 No
Benefits 14% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
16 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 26 shared votes
9 Aye 17 No
53 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 89 shared votes
36 Aye 53 No
22 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
9 Aye 22 No
17 Aye 6 No
Housing 0% aligned 23 shared votes
6 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
53 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 89 shared votes
36 Aye 53 No
22 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
9 Aye 22 No
17 Aye 6 No
Housing 0% aligned 23 shared votes
6 Aye 17 No
18 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
5 Aye 18 No
16 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

89.8%
17% above average
Rank 22 of 649
Participation
79.4%
7% above average
Rank 214 of 649
530
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,317
1,658 eligible divisions
271
51.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
645
49.0% of votes cast
259
48.9% of votes cast
No votes
672
51.0% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.2% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

0
-83.7 vs Commons average
Rank 644 of 649
Appearances
44
-39.7 vs Commons average
Rank 486 of 649
0
-145.9 vs Commons average
Rank 643 of 649
Contributions
64
-81.9 vs Commons average
Rank 465 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£180,797
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,267,818
all imported IPSA years
£180,797
20% below average
Latest expenses
£332,582
47% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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

Housing
32 of 32 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
49 of 50 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
60 of 63 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#3
Trade
47 of 53 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#4
Defence
61 of 70 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#5
Housing
47 of 54 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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