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Dame Chi Onwurah vs Mr Richard Holden

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

Photograph of Dame Chi Onwurah
Dame Chi Onwurah
Lab Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West
vs
Photograph of Mr Richard Holden
Mr Richard Holden
Con Basildon and Billericay

Voting alignment

Dame Chi Onwurah and Mr Richard Holden voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,012 shared comparable votes.

54 same votes 958 different votes 1,012 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
18 Aye 12 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 30 shared votes
14 Aye 16 No
54 Aye 61 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 115 shared votes
60 Aye 55 No
15 Aye 8 No
Energy 4% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No
9 Aye 16 No
Benefits 4% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No
31 Aye 82 No
Migration 4% aligned 113 shared votes
78 Aye 35 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 52 shared votes
23 Aye 29 No
28 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 52 shared votes
24 Aye 28 No
24 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 48 shared votes
24 Aye 24 No
21 Aye 20 No
Trade 0% aligned 41 shared votes
20 Aye 21 No
20 Aye 17 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 37 shared votes
17 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

76.3%
4% above average
Rank 279 of 649
Participation
79.4%
7% above average
Rank 214 of 649
1,812
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,317
1,658 eligible divisions
1,005
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
645
49.0% of votes cast
807
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
672
51.0% of votes cast
18
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.2% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

109
+26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 137 of 649
Appearances
44
-38.3 vs Commons average
Rank 484 of 649
158
+14.5 vs Commons average
Rank 183 of 649
Contributions
64
-79.5 vs Commons average
Rank 463 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,938,496
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,267,818
all imported IPSA years
£303,201
34% above average
Latest expenses
£332,582
47% above average
14
5 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
2
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
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
60 of 63 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#3
Trade
47 of 53 votes
Work / Employment
67 of 77 votes
#4
Defence
61 of 70 votes
Defence
61 of 71 votes
#5
Housing
47 of 54 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
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
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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