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Mr Richard Holden vs Dan Tomlinson

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 Dan Tomlinson
Dan Tomlinson
Lab Chipping Barnet

Voting alignment

Mr Richard Holden and Dan Tomlinson voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 250 shared comparable votes.

10 same votes 240 different votes 250 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
7 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 10% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 No
26 Aye 43 No
Tax 1% aligned 69 shared votes
42 Aye 27 No
7 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
22 Aye 7 No
12 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 19 shared votes
7 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
7 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
22 Aye 7 No
12 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 19 shared votes
7 Aye 12 No
10 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
6 Aye 12 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 No
1 Aye 10 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 11 shared votes
10 Aye 1 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
61.7%
11% below average
Rank 562 of 649
1,317
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
364
590 eligible divisions
645
49.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
179
49.2% of votes cast
672
51.0% of votes cast
No votes
185
50.8% of votes cast
2
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
6
1.6% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

44
-39.6 vs Commons average
Rank 486 of 650
Appearances
86
+2.4 vs Commons average
Rank 231 of 650
64
-81.7 vs Commons average
Rank 465 of 650
Contributions
487
+341.3 vs Commons average
Rank 23 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,267,818
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£225,538
all imported IPSA years
£332,582
47% above average
Latest expenses
£225,538
same as average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
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
Transport
25 of 29 votes
Brexit / EU
60 of 63 votes
#2
Trade
6 of 7 votes
Trade
47 of 53 votes
#3
Housing
26 of 32 votes
Defence
61 of 70 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Housing
47 of 54 votes
#5
Defence
26 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Motion to sit in private 7 Mar 2025
Tax
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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