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Mr Richard Holden vs Claire Hughes

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 Claire Hughes
Claire Hughes
Lab Bangor Aberconwy

Voting alignment

Mr Richard Holden and Claire Hughes voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 333 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 329 different votes 333 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
9 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No
36 Aye 53 No
Tax 0% aligned 89 shared votes
53 Aye 36 No
9 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
22 Aye 9 No
6 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 23 shared votes
17 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 53 No
Tax 0% aligned 89 shared votes
53 Aye 36 No
9 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
22 Aye 9 No
6 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 23 shared votes
17 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
18 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 21 shared votes
16 Aye 5 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
89.8%
17% above average
Rank 22 of 649
1,317
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
530
590 eligible divisions
645
49.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
271
51.1% of votes cast
672
51.0% of votes cast
No votes
259
48.9% 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, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

44
-39.7 vs Commons average
Rank 486 of 649
Appearances
0
-83.7 vs Commons average
Rank 644 of 649
64
-81.9 vs Commons average
Rank 465 of 649
Contributions
0
-145.9 vs Commons average
Rank 643 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
£180,797
all imported IPSA years
£332,582
47% above average
Latest expenses
£180,797
20% below average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
6
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Brexit / EU
60 of 63 votes
#2
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Trade
47 of 53 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Defence
61 of 70 votes
#4
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Housing
47 of 54 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 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
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
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
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
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