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Mr Richard Holden vs David Simmonds

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


Voting alignment

Mr Richard Holden and David Simmonds voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,146 shared comparable votes.

1,138 same votes 8 different votes 1,146 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
61 Aye 103 No
Tax 100% aligned 164 shared votes
61 Aye 103 No
59 Aye 63 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 122 shared votes
59 Aye 63 No
26 Aye 30 No
Defence 100% aligned 56 shared votes
26 Aye 30 No
22 Aye 25 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 47 shared votes
22 Aye 25 No
31 Aye 15 No
Transport 100% aligned 46 shared votes
31 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 90% aligned 31 shared votes
18 Aye 13 No
20 Aye 32 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 52 shared votes
19 Aye 33 No
82 Aye 40 No
Migration 98% aligned 122 shared votes
80 Aye 42 No
61 Aye 103 No
Tax 100% aligned 164 shared votes
61 Aye 103 No
59 Aye 63 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 122 shared votes
59 Aye 63 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

79.5%
7% above average
Rank 206 of 650
Participation
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 126 of 650
1,342
1,687 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,404
1,687 eligible divisions
659
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
678
48.3% of votes cast
683
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
726
51.7% of votes cast
2
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.6% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

53
-35.8 vs Commons average
Rank 452 of 650
Appearances
109
+20.2 vs Commons average
Rank 164 of 650
77
-77.8 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 650
Contributions
195
+40.2 vs Commons average
Rank 159 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
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£332,582
47% above average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 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
62 of 63 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
Brexit / EU
61 of 64 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 154 votes
Trade
50 of 56 votes
#3
Housing
49 of 54 votes
Defence
61 of 70 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
56 of 63 votes
Housing
47 of 54 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
40 of 45 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API