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Graham Stringer vs Paul Holmes

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 Paul Holmes
Paul Holmes
Con Hamble Valley

Voting alignment

Graham Stringer and Paul Holmes voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 808 shared comparable votes.

47 same votes 761 different votes 808 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
21 Aye 15 No
Defence 8% aligned 36 shared votes
12 Aye 24 No
5 Aye 10 No
Benefits 7% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
14 Aye 3 No
Energy 6% aligned 17 shared votes
4 Aye 13 No
6 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 5% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 No
19 Aye 6 No
Education 4% aligned 25 shared votes
7 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 10 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 34 shared votes
10 Aye 24 No
19 Aye 15 No
Trade 0% aligned 34 shared votes
15 Aye 19 No
13 Aye 19 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 32 shared votes
19 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 23 No
Transport 0% aligned 31 shared votes
23 Aye 8 No
16 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

57.7%
15% below average
Rank 589 of 649
Participation
85.0%
12% above average
Rank 93 of 649
1,372
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,410
1,658 eligible divisions
685
49.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
702
49.8% of votes cast
687
50.1% of votes cast
No votes
708
50.2% of votes cast
115
8.4% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.4% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

56
-26.3 vs Commons average
Rank 403 of 649
Appearances
112
+29.7 vs Commons average
Rank 129 of 649
44
-99.5 vs Commons average
Rank 530 of 649
Contributions
385
+241.5 vs Commons average
Rank 39 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,011,354
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,091,272
all imported IPSA years
£160,334
29% below average
Latest expenses
£234,722
4% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
NHS / Health
40 of 56 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
Foreign Affairs
47 of 69 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
Defence
47 of 71 votes
#4
Trade
50 of 53 votes
Housing
44 of 67 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye rebel
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: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
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
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
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
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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