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Keir Mather vs Paul Holmes

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

Photograph of Keir Mather
Keir Mather
Lab Selby
vs
Photograph of Paul Holmes
Paul Holmes
Con Hamble Valley

Voting alignment

Keir Mather and Paul Holmes voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 390 shared comparable votes.

13 same votes 377 different votes 390 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
3 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
7 Aye 7 No
Benefits 14% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 No
6 Aye 22 No
Migration 7% aligned 28 shared votes
20 Aye 8 No
23 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 50 shared votes
26 Aye 24 No
36 Aye 31 No
Tax 3% aligned 67 shared votes
29 Aye 38 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
8 Aye 21 No
18 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
6 Aye 18 No
10 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
18 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 20 shared votes
2 Aye 18 No
7 Aye 11 No
Transport 0% aligned 18 shared votes
11 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

75.4 %
3 % above average
Rank 305 of 649
Participation
85.2 %
12 % above average
Rank 93 of 649
587
779 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,398
1,641 eligible divisions
288
49.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
694
49.6 % of votes cast
299
50.9 % of votes cast
No votes
704
50.4 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.3 % of votes cast
2 years, 11 months
Since 20 Jul 2023
Commons service
6 years, 7 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

95
+18.0 vs Commons average
Rank 160 of 649
Appearances
102
+25.0 vs Commons average
Rank 139 of 649
465
+328.3 vs Commons average
Rank 22 of 649
Contributions
386
+249.3 vs Commons average
Rank 35 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£451,152
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,091,272
all imported IPSA years
£306,391
35 % above average
Latest expenses
£234,722
4 % above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
0
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

Education
50 of 52 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Transport
31 of 33 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 13 votes
#3
Trade
50 of 51 votes
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
NHS / Health
12 of 14 votes
#5
Work / Employment
62 of 65 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 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
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
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Motion to sit in private 11 Jul 2025
Tax
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
Sit in private 25 Apr 2025
Tax
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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