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Lauren Edwards vs Mr Richard Holden

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

Photograph of Lauren Edwards
Lauren Edwards
Lab Rochester and Strood
vs
Photograph of Mr Richard Holden
Mr Richard Holden
Con Basildon and Billericay

Voting alignment

Lauren Edwards and Mr Richard Holden voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 319 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 312 different votes 319 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 7 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
19 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 37 shared votes
17 Aye 20 No
45 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
35 Aye 45 No
18 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
6 Aye 18 No
10 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
45 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
35 Aye 45 No
18 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
6 Aye 18 No
10 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
18 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
4 Aye 18 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

86.0 %
13 % above average
Rank 79 of 650
Participation
80.0 %
7 % above average
Rank 204 of 650
480
558 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,300
1,626 eligible divisions
241
50.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
637
49.0 % of votes cast
239
49.8 % of votes cast
No votes
663
51.0 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % 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

45
-25.3 vs Commons average
Rank 422 of 650
Appearances
46
-24.3 vs Commons average
Rank 413 of 650
61
-63.8 vs Commons average
Rank 427 of 650
Contributions
60
-64.8 vs Commons average
Rank 431 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£133,786
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,267,818
all imported IPSA years
£133,786
41 % below average
Latest expenses
£332,582
47 % above average
2
1 registered category
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

Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
49 of 50 votes
Migration
11 of 11 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
60 of 63 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Trade
45 of 51 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#4
Defence
60 of 69 votes
Crime / Justice
60 of 61 votes
#5
Housing
46 of 53 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
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
Elections (proportional representation): Ten Minute Rule Motion 3 Dec 2024
No
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