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Mr Richard Holden vs Colum Eastwood

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

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Mr Richard Holden
Con Basildon and Billericay
vs
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Colum Eastwood
SDLP Foyle

Voting alignment

Mr Richard Holden and Colum Eastwood voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 746 shared comparable votes.

26 same votes 720 different votes 746 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
3 Aye 5 No
Education 25% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 11 No
Digital / Online Safety 8% aligned 13 shared votes
10 Aye 3 No
16 Aye 18 No
Benefits 6% aligned 34 shared votes
16 Aye 18 No
9 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
72 Aye 37 No
Migration 3% aligned 109 shared votes
34 Aye 75 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 59 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
59 Aye 21 No
21 Aye 18 No
Trade 0% aligned 39 shared votes
18 Aye 21 No
11 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 32 shared votes
21 Aye 11 No
19 Aye 11 No
Transport 0% aligned 30 shared votes
11 Aye 19 No
9 Aye 12 No
Housing 0% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 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
53.4%
19% below average
Rank 612 of 649
1,317
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
885
1,658 eligible divisions
645
49.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
487
55.0% of votes cast
672
51.0% of votes cast
No votes
398
45.0% of votes cast
2
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

44
-38.3 vs Commons average
Rank 484 of 649
Appearances
21
-61.3 vs Commons average
Rank 592 of 649
64
-79.5 vs Commons average
Rank 463 of 649
Contributions
32
-111.5 vs Commons average
Rank 568 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
£1,517,457
all imported IPSA years
£332,582
47% above average
Latest expenses
£327,867
45% above average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
Foreign Affairs
48 of 50 votes
Brexit / EU
60 of 63 votes
#2
Migration
128 of 154 votes
Trade
47 of 53 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
Defence
61 of 70 votes
#4
Work / Employment
55 of 67 votes
Housing
47 of 54 votes
#5
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
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 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
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 60 15 Sept 2025
Work / Employment
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Data (Use and Access) Bill: Motion to insist on disagreement to LA49 and make (a) to (e) in lieu 10 Jun 2025
Digital / Online Safety
No
Aye
Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations 2024 (SI, 2024, No. 869): motion to annul 10 Sept 2024
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
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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