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Gareth Snell vs Mr Richard Holden

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

Photograph of Gareth Snell
Gareth Snell
Lab Stoke-on-Trent Central
vs
Photograph of Mr Richard Holden
Mr Richard Holden
Con Basildon and Billericay

Voting alignment

Gareth Snell and Mr Richard Holden voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 337 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 330 different votes 337 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
1 Aye 2 No
Migration 33% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 6 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
18 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 9% aligned 35 shared votes
16 Aye 19 No
49 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 84 shared votes
35 Aye 49 No
21 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
9 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
49 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 84 shared votes
35 Aye 49 No
21 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
9 Aye 21 No
24 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
5 Aye 24 No
11 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No
16 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

86.8%
14% above average
Rank 61 of 649
Participation
79.4%
7% above average
Rank 214 of 649
512
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,317
1,658 eligible divisions
251
49.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
645
49.0% of votes cast
261
51.0% of votes cast
No votes
672
51.0% of votes cast
2
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.2% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

176
+93.9 vs Commons average
Rank 31 of 649
Appearances
44
-38.1 vs Commons average
Rank 482 of 649
273
+130.1 vs Commons average
Rank 69 of 649
Contributions
64
-78.9 vs Commons average
Rank 458 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£797,891
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,267,818
all imported IPSA years
£176,059
22% below average
Latest expenses
£332,582
47% above average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
6
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

Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
49 of 50 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
60 of 63 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Trade
47 of 53 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#4
Defence
61 of 70 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#5
Housing
47 of 54 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
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 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
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
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
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