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Mr Richard Holden vs Derek Twigg

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
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Photograph of Derek Twigg
Derek Twigg
Lab Widnes and Halewood

Voting alignment

Mr Richard Holden and Derek Twigg voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 820 shared comparable votes.

43 same votes 777 different votes 820 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
13 Aye 14 No
Benefits 7% aligned 27 shared votes
12 Aye 15 No
47 Aye 51 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 98 shared votes
49 Aye 49 No
43 Aye 27 No
Migration 6% aligned 70 shared votes
23 Aye 47 No
12 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 28 shared votes
17 Aye 11 No
14 Aye 27 No
Foreign Affairs 2% aligned 41 shared votes
28 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 45 shared votes
23 Aye 22 No
21 Aye 17 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 38 shared votes
17 Aye 21 No
28 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 38 shared votes
10 Aye 28 No
16 Aye 20 No
Defence 0% aligned 36 shared votes
20 Aye 16 No
17 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
16 Aye 17 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
58.0%
15% below average
Rank 587 of 649
1,317
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,377
2,376 eligible divisions
645
49.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
793
57.6% of votes cast
672
51.0% of votes cast
No votes
584
42.4% of votes cast
2
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
27
2.0% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

44
-38.3 vs Commons average
Rank 484 of 649
Appearances
52
-30.3 vs Commons average
Rank 433 of 649
64
-79.5 vs Commons average
Rank 463 of 649
Contributions
39
-104.5 vs Commons average
Rank 548 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
£2,034,454
all imported IPSA years
£332,582
47% above average
Latest expenses
£227,917
1% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
51 of 66 votes
Brexit / EU
60 of 63 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
51 of 69 votes
Trade
47 of 53 votes
#3
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
Defence
61 of 70 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
144 of 211 votes
Housing
47 of 54 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
32 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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 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
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
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
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 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
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