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Emma Hardy vs Mr Richard Holden

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

Photograph of Emma Hardy
Emma Hardy
Lab Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice
vs
Photograph of Mr Richard Holden
Mr Richard Holden
Con Basildon and Billericay

Voting alignment

Emma Hardy and Mr Richard Holden voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 914 shared comparable votes.

39 same votes 875 different votes 914 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
13 Aye 15 No
Benefits 7% aligned 28 shared votes
13 Aye 15 No
18 Aye 17 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 35 shared votes
19 Aye 16 No
23 Aye 68 No
Migration 4% aligned 91 shared votes
64 Aye 27 No
42 Aye 63 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 105 shared votes
61 Aye 44 No
21 Aye 9 No
Education 3% aligned 30 shared votes
10 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 47 shared votes
23 Aye 24 No
24 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 41 shared votes
17 Aye 24 No
22 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 39 shared votes
17 Aye 22 No
13 Aye 24 No
Transport 0% aligned 37 shared votes
24 Aye 13 No
17 Aye 18 No
Trade 0% aligned 35 shared votes
18 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

70.6%
2% below average
Rank 417 of 649
Participation
79.4%
7% above average
Rank 214 of 649
1,497
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,317
1,658 eligible divisions
807
53.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
645
49.0% of votes cast
690
46.1% of votes cast
No votes
672
51.0% of votes cast
10
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.2% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

80
-3.6 vs Commons average
Rank 268 of 650
Appearances
44
-39.6 vs Commons average
Rank 486 of 650
393
+247.3 vs Commons average
Rank 38 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

£1,996,509
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,267,818
all imported IPSA years
£312,134
38% above average
Latest expenses
£332,582
47% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
6
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
63 of 69 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
49 of 50 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 44 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
60 of 63 votes
NHS / Health
45 of 52 votes
#3
Trade
47 of 53 votes
Brexit / EU
160 of 188 votes
#4
Defence
61 of 70 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 46 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 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
Motion to sit in private 4 Jul 2025
Tax
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
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