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Mr Richard Holden vs Alistair Strathern

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 Alistair Strathern
Alistair Strathern
Lab Hitchin

Voting alignment

Mr Richard Holden and Alistair Strathern voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 420 shared comparable votes.

12 same votes 408 different votes 420 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 8 No
Benefits 14% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
19 Aye 10 No
Migration 14% aligned 29 shared votes
6 Aye 23 No
18 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 40 shared votes
20 Aye 20 No
13 Aye 9 No
Transport 5% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
9 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 20 No
Housing 0% aligned 25 shared votes
20 Aye 5 No
9 Aye 15 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
13 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

79.4%
7% above average
Rank 214 of 649
Participation
79.3%
7% above average
Rank 217 of 649
1,317
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
602
759 eligible divisions
645
49.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
308
51.2% of votes cast
672
51.0% of votes cast
No votes
294
48.8% of votes cast
2
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 11 months
Since 19 Oct 2023

Debates

44
-38.3 vs Commons average
Rank 484 of 649
Appearances
64
-18.3 vs Commons average
Rank 348 of 649
64
-79.5 vs Commons average
Rank 463 of 649
Contributions
73
-70.5 vs Commons average
Rank 427 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,267,818
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£379,404
all imported IPSA years
£332,582
47% above average
Latest expenses
£295,499
31% above average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
6
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Benefits
31 of 31 votes
Brexit / EU
60 of 63 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
11 of 11 votes
Trade
47 of 53 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Defence
61 of 70 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
25 of 26 votes
Housing
47 of 54 votes
#5
Energy
24 of 25 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
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
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
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
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
Motion to sit in private 7 Mar 2025
Tax
No
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
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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