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Jeff Smith vs Mr Richard Holden

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

Photograph of Jeff Smith
Jeff Smith
Lab Manchester Withington
vs
Photograph of Mr Richard Holden
Mr Richard Holden
Con Basildon and Billericay

Voting alignment

Jeff Smith and Mr Richard Holden voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 951 shared comparable votes.

43 same votes 908 different votes 951 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
16 Aye 18 No
NHS / Health 9% aligned 34 shared votes
21 Aye 13 No
11 Aye 18 No
Benefits 7% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No
23 Aye 9 No
Energy 6% aligned 32 shared votes
11 Aye 21 No
25 Aye 76 No
Migration 4% aligned 101 shared votes
72 Aye 29 No
49 Aye 55 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 104 shared votes
53 Aye 51 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 50 shared votes
23 Aye 27 No
26 Aye 20 No
Defence 0% aligned 46 shared votes
20 Aye 26 No
27 Aye 13 No
Housing 0% aligned 40 shared votes
13 Aye 27 No
13 Aye 22 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 35 shared votes
22 Aye 13 No
12 Aye 20 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 32 shared votes
20 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

79.6%
7% above average
Rank 208 of 649
Participation
79.4%
7% above average
Rank 214 of 649
1,891
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,317
1,658 eligible divisions
1,028
54.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
645
49.0% of votes cast
863
45.6% of votes cast
No votes
672
51.0% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.2% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

55
-27.3 vs Commons average
Rank 414 of 649
Appearances
44
-38.3 vs Commons average
Rank 484 of 649
71
-72.5 vs Commons average
Rank 436 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

£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,267,818
all imported IPSA years
£284,126
26% above average
Latest expenses
£332,582
47% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
1
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

Housing
62 of 67 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
49 of 50 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
60 of 63 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#3
Trade
47 of 53 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#4
Defence
61 of 70 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#5
Housing
47 of 54 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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 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
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
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
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
No
Motion to sit in private 4 Jul 2025
Tax
No
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
No
Motion to sit in private 7 Mar 2025
Tax
No
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
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