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Mr Richard Holden vs Blair McDougall

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 Blair McDougall
Blair McDougall
Lab East Renfrewshire

Voting alignment

Mr Richard Holden and Blair McDougall voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 285 shared comparable votes.

15 same votes 270 different votes 285 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
4 Aye 6 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
16 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 29 shared votes
11 Aye 18 No
31 Aye 42 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
42 Aye 31 No
5 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
20 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 17 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
17 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 42 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
42 Aye 31 No
5 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
20 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 17 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
17 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
17 Aye 5 No
11 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 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
72.4%
same as average
Rank 372 of 649
1,317
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
427
590 eligible divisions
645
49.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
217
50.8% of votes cast
672
51.0% of votes cast
No votes
210
49.2% of votes cast
2
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
14
3.3% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

44
-39.7 vs Commons average
Rank 486 of 649
Appearances
52
-31.7 vs Commons average
Rank 437 of 649
64
-81.9 vs Commons average
Rank 465 of 649
Contributions
307
+161.1 vs Commons average
Rank 58 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
£186,207
all imported IPSA years
£332,582
47% above average
Latest expenses
£186,207
18% below average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
7
1 registered category
6
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

Foreign Affairs
49 of 50 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Brexit / EU
60 of 63 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Trade
47 of 53 votes
#3
Work / Employment
34 of 39 votes
Defence
61 of 70 votes
#4
Housing
27 of 32 votes
Housing
47 of 54 votes
#5
Transport
24 of 29 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
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
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
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
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
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
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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