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Emma Lewell vs Mr Richard Holden

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

Photograph of Emma Lewell
Emma Lewell
Lab South Shields
vs
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Mr Richard Holden
Con Basildon and Billericay

Voting alignment

Emma Lewell and Mr Richard Holden voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 929 shared comparable votes.

47 same votes 882 different votes 929 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
11 Aye 17 No
Benefits 11% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 No
32 Aye 12 No
Foreign Affairs 7% aligned 44 shared votes
15 Aye 29 No
49 Aye 41 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 90 shared votes
41 Aye 49 No
24 Aye 22 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 46 shared votes
24 Aye 22 No
25 Aye 71 No
Migration 4% aligned 96 shared votes
67 Aye 29 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 18 No
Defence 0% aligned 43 shared votes
18 Aye 25 No
23 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 43 shared votes
20 Aye 23 No
20 Aye 19 No
Trade 0% aligned 39 shared votes
19 Aye 20 No
21 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 30 shared votes
9 Aye 21 No
11 Aye 16 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

71.0%
2% below average
Rank 408 of 649
Participation
79.4%
7% above average
Rank 214 of 649
1,686
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,317
1,658 eligible divisions
936
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
645
49.0% of votes cast
750
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
672
51.0% of votes cast
36
2.1% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.2% of votes cast
13 years, 5 months
Since 2 May 2013
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

73
-9.3 vs Commons average
Rank 295 of 649
Appearances
44
-38.3 vs Commons average
Rank 484 of 649
75
-68.5 vs Commons average
Rank 420 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

£2,461,712
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,267,818
all imported IPSA years
£300,553
33% above average
Latest expenses
£332,582
47% above average
10
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
5
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
64 of 69 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
49 of 50 votes
Transport
81 of 95 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
60 of 63 votes
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
#3
Trade
47 of 53 votes
Trade
77 of 91 votes
#4
Defence
61 of 70 votes
Education
78 of 96 votes
#5
Housing
47 of 54 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
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
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
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