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Mr Richard Holden vs Dr Rupa Huq

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 Dr Rupa Huq
Dr Rupa Huq
Lab Ealing Central and Acton

Voting alignment

Mr Richard Holden and Dr Rupa Huq voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 944 shared comparable votes.

36 same votes 908 different votes 944 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
15 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 31 shared votes
18 Aye 13 No
16 Aye 17 No
Benefits 6% aligned 33 shared votes
15 Aye 18 No
64 Aye 37 No
Migration 4% aligned 101 shared votes
33 Aye 68 No
63 Aye 42 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 105 shared votes
40 Aye 65 No
54 Aye 73 No
Tax 1% aligned 127 shared votes
72 Aye 55 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 28 No
Defence 0% aligned 55 shared votes
28 Aye 27 No
23 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 52 shared votes
29 Aye 23 No
28 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 51 shared votes
23 Aye 28 No
29 Aye 13 No
Transport 0% aligned 42 shared votes
13 Aye 29 No
19 Aye 21 No
Trade 0% aligned 40 shared votes
21 Aye 19 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
73.8%
1% above average
Rank 336 of 649
1,317
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,754
2,376 eligible divisions
645
49.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
961
54.8% of votes cast
672
51.0% of votes cast
No votes
793
45.2% of votes cast
2
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
15
0.9% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

44
-39.6 vs Commons average
Rank 486 of 650
Appearances
66
-17.6 vs Commons average
Rank 341 of 650
64
-81.7 vs Commons average
Rank 465 of 650
Contributions
58
-87.7 vs Commons average
Rank 481 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
£1,593,926
all imported IPSA years
£332,582
47% above average
Latest expenses
£234,745
4% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
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
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Brexit / EU
60 of 63 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
Trade
47 of 53 votes
#3
Work / Employment
66 of 77 votes
Defence
61 of 70 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Housing
47 of 54 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 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 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
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 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
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
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