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Clive Efford vs Mr Richard Holden

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

Photograph of Clive Efford
Clive Efford
Lab Eltham and Chislehurst
vs
Photograph of Mr Richard Holden
Mr Richard Holden
Con Basildon and Billericay

Voting alignment

Clive Efford and Mr Richard Holden voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 997 shared comparable votes.

38 same votes 959 different votes 997 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
19 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 9% aligned 33 shared votes
17 Aye 16 No
13 Aye 18 No
Benefits 6% aligned 31 shared votes
16 Aye 15 No
48 Aye 56 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 104 shared votes
55 Aye 49 No
34 Aye 81 No
Migration 3% aligned 115 shared votes
77 Aye 38 No
24 Aye 6 No
Energy 3% aligned 30 shared votes
7 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 54 shared votes
25 Aye 29 No
20 Aye 26 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 46 shared votes
26 Aye 20 No
14 Aye 28 No
Transport 0% aligned 42 shared votes
28 Aye 14 No
21 Aye 19 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 40 shared votes
19 Aye 21 No
21 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 39 shared votes
18 Aye 21 No

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

Voting record

76.1%
4% above average
Rank 282 of 649
Participation
79.4%
7% above average
Rank 214 of 649
1,809
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,317
1,658 eligible divisions
1,019
56.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
645
49.0% of votes cast
790
43.7% of votes cast
No votes
672
51.0% of votes cast
4
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.2% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

98
+14.4 vs Commons average
Rank 179 of 650
Appearances
44
-39.6 vs Commons average
Rank 486 of 650
87
-58.7 vs Commons average
Rank 379 of 650
Contributions
64
-81.7 vs Commons average
Rank 465 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,722,645
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,267,818
all imported IPSA years
£265,723
17% above average
Latest expenses
£332,582
47% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
4
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

Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
49 of 50 votes
Migration
150 of 171 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
60 of 63 votes
Education
84 of 96 votes
#3
Trade
47 of 53 votes
Defence
62 of 71 votes
#4
Defence
61 of 70 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#5
Housing
47 of 54 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 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
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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