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Mr Richard Holden vs Emma Foody

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 Emma Foody
Emma Foody
Lab Cramlington and Killingworth

Voting alignment

Mr Richard Holden and Emma Foody voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 328 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 321 different votes 328 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 7 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
17 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 38 shared votes
20 Aye 18 No
30 Aye 50 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
50 Aye 30 No
9 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
23 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 50 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
50 Aye 30 No
9 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
23 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
24 Aye 5 No
13 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No
5 Aye 12 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 17 shared votes
12 Aye 5 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
84.2%
12% above average
Rank 111 of 649
1,317
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
497
590 eligible divisions
645
49.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
243
48.9% of votes cast
672
51.0% of votes cast
No votes
254
51.1% of votes cast
2
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

44
-38.0 vs Commons average
Rank 481 of 649
Appearances
38
-44.0 vs Commons average
Rank 516 of 649
64
-78.7 vs Commons average
Rank 459 of 649
Contributions
46
-96.7 vs Commons average
Rank 521 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
£188,107
all imported IPSA years
£332,582
47% above average
Latest expenses
£188,107
17% below average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
1 registered category
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
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
Brexit / EU
60 of 63 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Trade
47 of 53 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Defence
61 of 70 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Housing
47 of 54 votes
#5
Energy
19 of 20 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
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
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
Where they voted the same
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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