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Mr Richard Holden vs David Smith

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
Photograph of David Smith
David Smith
Lab North Northumberland

Voting alignment

Mr Richard Holden and David Smith voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 263 shared comparable votes.

15 same votes 248 different votes 263 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
1 Aye 2 No
Migration 33% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 6 No
Benefits 17% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 10% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
24 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 53 shared votes
29 Aye 24 No
4 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
23 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 53 shared votes
29 Aye 24 No
4 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
23 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 21 shared votes
16 Aye 5 No
11 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 18 shared votes
7 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 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
69.7%
3% below average
Rank 435 of 649
1,317
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
411
590 eligible divisions
645
49.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
202
49.1% of votes cast
672
51.0% of votes cast
No votes
209
50.9% of votes cast
2
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
16
3.9% 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
74
-8.3 vs Commons average
Rank 293 of 649
64
-79.5 vs Commons average
Rank 463 of 649
Contributions
100
-43.5 vs Commons average
Rank 333 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
£182,965
all imported IPSA years
£332,582
47% above average
Latest expenses
£182,965
19% below average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
2 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
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Brexit / EU
60 of 63 votes
#2
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Trade
47 of 53 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Defence
61 of 70 votes
#4
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes
Housing
47 of 54 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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