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Mr Richard Holden vs Debbie Abrahams

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 Debbie Abrahams
Debbie Abrahams
Lab Oldham East and Saddleworth

Voting alignment

Mr Richard Holden and Debbie Abrahams voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 938 shared comparable votes.

37 same votes 901 different votes 938 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
19 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 9% aligned 34 shared votes
18 Aye 16 No
15 Aye 11 No
Benefits 8% aligned 26 shared votes
9 Aye 17 No
7 Aye 6 No
Education 8% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
77 Aye 29 No
Migration 4% aligned 106 shared votes
25 Aye 81 No
54 Aye 52 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 106 shared votes
51 Aye 55 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 49 shared votes
25 Aye 24 No
22 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 47 shared votes
25 Aye 22 No
31 Aye 15 No
Transport 0% aligned 46 shared votes
15 Aye 31 No
22 Aye 22 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 44 shared votes
22 Aye 22 No
20 Aye 20 No
Trade 0% aligned 40 shared votes
20 Aye 20 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
70.4%
2% below average
Rank 421 of 649
1,317
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,673
2,376 eligible divisions
645
49.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
907
54.2% of votes cast
672
51.0% of votes cast
No votes
766
45.8% of votes cast
2
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
15 years, 8 months
Since 13 Jan 2011

Debates

44
-39.6 vs Commons average
Rank 486 of 650
Appearances
69
-14.6 vs Commons average
Rank 324 of 650
64
-81.7 vs Commons average
Rank 465 of 650
Contributions
84
-61.7 vs Commons average
Rank 390 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
£2,973,233
all imported IPSA years
£332,582
47% above average
Latest expenses
£290,169
28% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
6
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
63 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
60 of 63 votes
#2
Work / Employment
69 of 77 votes
Trade
47 of 53 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
174 of 211 votes
Defence
61 of 70 votes
#4
NHS / Health
46 of 56 votes
Housing
47 of 54 votes
#5
Transport
78 of 95 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
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
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
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
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 Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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