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John Whitby vs Mr Richard Holden

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

Photograph of John Whitby
John Whitby
Lab Derbyshire Dales
vs
Photograph of Mr Richard Holden
Mr Richard Holden
Con Basildon and Billericay

Voting alignment

John Whitby and Mr Richard Holden voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 348 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 341 different votes 348 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
6 Aye 8 No
Benefits 14% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
20 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 38 shared votes
17 Aye 21 No
51 Aye 34 No
Tax 1% aligned 85 shared votes
33 Aye 52 No
21 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
6 Aye 21 No
22 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
5 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
6 Aye 21 No
22 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
5 Aye 22 No
11 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No
16 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No
17 Aye 4 No
Housing 0% aligned 21 shared votes
4 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

89.4 %
17 % above average
Rank 28 of 650
Participation
80.0 %
7 % above average
Rank 204 of 650
499
558 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,300
1,626 eligible divisions
258
51.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
637
49.0 % of votes cast
241
48.3 % of votes cast
No votes
663
51.0 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
2
0.2 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

61
-8.7 vs Commons average
Rank 305 of 650
Appearances
47
-22.7 vs Commons average
Rank 403 of 650
75
-48.8 vs Commons average
Rank 369 of 650
Contributions
61
-62.8 vs Commons average
Rank 424 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£189,571
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,267,818
all imported IPSA years
£189,571
16 % below average
Latest expenses
£332,582
47 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
6
3 registered categories
0
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

Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
49 of 50 votes
Defence
33 of 33 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
60 of 63 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#3
Trade
45 of 51 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#4
Defence
60 of 69 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#5
Housing
46 of 53 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
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
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
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
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
No
Motion to sit in private 7 Mar 2025
Tax
No
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