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Mr Richard Holden vs Chris Ward

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 Chris Ward
Chris Ward
Lab Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven

Voting alignment

Mr Richard Holden and Chris Ward voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 292 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 286 different votes 292 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 7 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 12% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No
36 Aye 41 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
41 Aye 36 No
5 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
23 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
16 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 41 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
41 Aye 36 No
5 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
23 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
16 Aye 6 No
12 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
10 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
10 Aye 10 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
72.2%
same as average
Rank 376 of 649
1,317
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
426
590 eligible divisions
645
49.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
222
52.1% of votes cast
672
51.0% of votes cast
No votes
204
47.9% 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, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

44
-38.3 vs Commons average
Rank 484 of 649
Appearances
61
-21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 368 of 649
64
-79.5 vs Commons average
Rank 463 of 649
Contributions
240
+96.5 vs Commons average
Rank 96 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
£203,111
all imported IPSA years
£332,582
47% above average
Latest expenses
£203,111
10% below average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
6
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
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Brexit / EU
60 of 63 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Trade
47 of 53 votes
#3
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
Defence
61 of 70 votes
#4
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
Housing
47 of 54 votes
#5
Transport
27 of 29 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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
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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