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Graham Stringer vs Mr Richard Holden

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

Photograph of Graham Stringer
Graham Stringer
Lab Blackley and Middleton South
vs
Photograph of Mr Richard Holden
Mr Richard Holden
Con Basildon and Billericay

Voting alignment

Graham Stringer and Mr Richard Holden voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 773 shared comparable votes.

42 same votes 731 different votes 773 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
2 Aye 11 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
9 Aye 4 No
20 Aye 18 No
Defence 8% aligned 38 shared votes
15 Aye 23 No
43 Aye 59 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 102 shared votes
57 Aye 45 No
16 Aye 3 No
Energy 5% aligned 19 shared votes
4 Aye 15 No
6 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 5% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
9 Aye 26 No
Transport 0% aligned 35 shared votes
26 Aye 9 No
17 Aye 15 No
Trade 0% aligned 32 shared votes
15 Aye 17 No
10 Aye 20 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
17 Aye 6 No
Housing 0% aligned 23 shared votes
6 Aye 17 No
13 Aye 9 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

57.8 %
15 % below average
Rank 590 of 649
Participation
79.9 %
7 % above average
Rank 201 of 649
1,364
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,312
1,643 eligible divisions
683
50.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
643
49.0 % of votes cast
681
49.9 % of votes cast
No votes
669
51.0 % of votes cast
112
8.2 % of votes cast
Against party
2
0.2 % of votes cast
29 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

58
-19.9 vs Commons average
Rank 375 of 650
Appearances
46
-31.9 vs Commons average
Rank 452 of 650
42
-96.3 vs Commons average
Rank 529 of 650
Contributions
58
-80.3 vs Commons average
Rank 459 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,011,354
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,267,818
all imported IPSA years
£160,334
29 % below average
Latest expenses
£332,582
47 % above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
6
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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

Migration
123 of 171 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
49 of 50 votes
NHS / Health
40 of 56 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
60 of 63 votes
Foreign Affairs
47 of 69 votes
#3
Trade
47 of 53 votes
Housing
44 of 66 votes
#4
Defence
61 of 70 votes
Defence
47 of 71 votes
#5
Housing
46 of 53 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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 Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 20 Jan 2026
Defence
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 20 Jan 2026
Defence
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 20 Jan 2026
Defence
No
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
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
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