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Mr Bayo Alaba vs Paul Holmes

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

Photograph of Mr Bayo Alaba
Mr Bayo Alaba
Ind Southend East and Rochford
vs
Photograph of Paul Holmes
Paul Holmes
Con Hamble Valley

Voting alignment

Mr Bayo Alaba and Paul Holmes voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 268 shared comparable votes.

14 same votes 254 different votes 268 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
8 Aye 7 No
Benefits 13% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 No
16 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 36 shared votes
18 Aye 18 No
34 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 61 shared votes
27 Aye 34 No
25 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
2 Aye 25 No
16 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 61 shared votes
27 Aye 34 No
25 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
2 Aye 25 No
16 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 No
11 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
6 Aye 11 No
6 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

68.8%
4% below average
Rank 451 of 649
Participation
85.0%
12% above average
Rank 93 of 649
406
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,410
1,658 eligible divisions
207
51.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
702
49.8% of votes cast
199
49.0% of votes cast
No votes
708
50.2% of votes cast
9
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.4% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

40
-43.7 vs Commons average
Rank 506 of 649
Appearances
114
+30.3 vs Commons average
Rank 132 of 649
46
-99.9 vs Commons average
Rank 522 of 649
Contributions
387
+241.1 vs Commons average
Rank 39 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£178,644
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,091,272
all imported IPSA years
£178,644
21% below average
Latest expenses
£234,722
4% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 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

Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Benefits
28 of 30 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
Defence
29 of 34 votes
#4
Trade
50 of 53 votes
Transport
23 of 29 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye rebel
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
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
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 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
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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