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Liz Twist vs Mr Richard Holden

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

Photograph of Liz Twist
Liz Twist
Lab Blaydon and Consett
vs
Photograph of Mr Richard Holden
Mr Richard Holden
Con Basildon and Billericay

Voting alignment

Liz Twist and Mr Richard Holden voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 946 shared comparable votes.

52 same votes 894 different votes 946 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
14 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 9% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No
16 Aye 7 No
Energy 9% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No
16 Aye 18 No
Benefits 6% aligned 34 shared votes
16 Aye 18 No
47 Aye 59 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 106 shared votes
58 Aye 48 No
28 Aye 69 No
Migration 4% aligned 97 shared votes
65 Aye 32 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 52 shared votes
24 Aye 28 No
25 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 46 shared votes
21 Aye 25 No
19 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 42 shared votes
23 Aye 19 No
28 Aye 12 No
Housing 0% aligned 40 shared votes
12 Aye 28 No
17 Aye 21 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 38 shared votes
21 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

84.6%
12% above average
Rank 104 of 649
Participation
79.4%
7% above average
Rank 214 of 649
1,794
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,317
1,658 eligible divisions
974
54.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
645
49.0% of votes cast
820
45.7% of votes cast
No votes
672
51.0% of votes cast
16
0.9% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.2% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

105
+22.7 vs Commons average
Rank 148 of 649
Appearances
44
-38.3 vs Commons average
Rank 484 of 649
149
+5.5 vs Commons average
Rank 204 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

£1,878,627
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,267,818
all imported IPSA years
£305,039
35% above average
Latest expenses
£332,582
47% above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
6
3 registered categories
2
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

Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
49 of 50 votes
Housing
52 of 55 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
60 of 63 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 46 votes
#3
Trade
47 of 53 votes
Work / Employment
68 of 73 votes
#4
Defence
61 of 70 votes
Migration
149 of 163 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 Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
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 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
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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