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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
Photograph of Mr Richard Holden
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 903 shared comparable votes.

44 same votes 859 different votes 903 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
21 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 41 shared votes
20 Aye 21 No
23 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 40 shared votes
17 Aye 23 No
17 Aye 19 No
Trade 0% aligned 36 shared votes
19 Aye 17 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

71.3 %
2 % below average
Rank 409 of 648
Participation
80.2 %
7 % above average
Rank 213 of 648
1,648
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,278
1,594 eligible divisions
921
55.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
624
48.8 % of votes cast
727
44.1 % of votes cast
No votes
654
51.2 % of votes cast
33
2.0 % of votes cast
Against party
2
0.2 % of votes cast
13 years, 1 months
Since 2 May 2013
Commons service
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

60
-0.4 vs Commons average
Rank 228 of 648
Appearances
50
-10.4 vs Commons average
Rank 319 of 648
42
-66.9 vs Commons average
Rank 490 of 648
Contributions
62
-46.9 vs Commons average
Rank 394 of 648

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
11
2 registered categories
Registered interests
6
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Trade
74 of 88 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
60 of 63 votes
Transport
73 of 87 votes
#3
Defence
53 of 58 votes
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 43 votes
#4
Trade
44 of 50 votes
Education
77 of 95 votes
#5
Housing
46 of 53 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 94B and 94C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 36, 90 and 155, insist on Amendments 155A to 155F and propose Amendment (a) 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 89B and 89C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
No
Aye
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Where they voted the same
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
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
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