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Mr Richard Holden vs Alex Mayer

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

Photograph of Mr Richard Holden
Mr Richard Holden
Con Basildon and Billericay
vs
Photograph of Alex Mayer
Alex Mayer
Lab Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard

Voting alignment

Mr Richard Holden and Alex Mayer voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 369 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 362 different votes 369 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
1 Aye 2 No
Migration 33% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 8 No
Benefits 14% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
17 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 38 shared votes
20 Aye 18 No
37 Aye 53 No
Tax 0% aligned 90 shared votes
53 Aye 37 No
9 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
23 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 53 No
Tax 0% aligned 90 shared votes
53 Aye 37 No
9 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
23 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
24 Aye 5 No
13 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
5 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
17 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

79.9 %
7 % above average
Rank 201 of 649
Participation
95.5 %
23 % above average
Rank 1 of 649
1,312
1,643 eligible divisions
Total votes
549
575 eligible divisions
643
49.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
277
50.5 % of votes cast
669
51.0 % of votes cast
No votes
272
49.5 % of votes cast
2
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2 % of votes cast
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

46
-31.9 vs Commons average
Rank 452 of 650
Appearances
70
-7.9 vs Commons average
Rank 300 of 650
58
-80.3 vs Commons average
Rank 459 of 650
Contributions
78
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 392 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,267,818
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£197,450
all imported IPSA years
£332,582
47 % above average
Latest expenses
£197,450
13 % below average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
5
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
49 of 50 votes
#1
Education
50 of 50 votes
Brexit / EU
60 of 63 votes
#2
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
Trade
47 of 53 votes
#3
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Defence
61 of 70 votes
#4
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Housing
46 of 53 votes
#5
Benefits
30 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
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
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