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Mr Richard Holden vs Gareth Thomas

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 Gareth Thomas
Gareth Thomas
Lab Harrow West

Voting alignment

Mr Richard Holden and Gareth Thomas voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 908 shared comparable votes.

38 same votes 870 different votes 908 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
16 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 10% aligned 30 shared votes
17 Aye 13 No
16 Aye 16 No
Benefits 6% aligned 32 shared votes
14 Aye 18 No
52 Aye 46 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 98 shared votes
46 Aye 52 No
9 Aye 24 No
Education 3% aligned 33 shared votes
25 Aye 8 No
72 Aye 37 No
Migration 3% aligned 109 shared votes
34 Aye 75 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 49 shared votes
25 Aye 24 No
23 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 47 shared votes
24 Aye 23 No
18 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 42 shared votes
24 Aye 18 No
17 Aye 16 No
Trade 0% aligned 33 shared votes
16 Aye 17 No
12 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 31 shared votes
19 Aye 12 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
66.5%
6% below average
Rank 491 of 649
1,317
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,581
2,376 eligible divisions
645
49.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
56.7% of votes cast
672
51.0% of votes cast
No votes
684
43.3% of votes cast
2
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

44
-39.6 vs Commons average
Rank 486 of 650
Appearances
43
-40.6 vs Commons average
Rank 494 of 650
64
-81.7 vs Commons average
Rank 465 of 650
Contributions
48
-97.7 vs Commons average
Rank 515 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
£2,854,227
all imported IPSA years
£332,582
47% above average
Latest expenses
£293,113
30% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
6
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
14
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
Brexit / EU
180 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
60 of 63 votes
#2
Defence
59 of 71 votes
Trade
47 of 53 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Defence
61 of 70 votes
#4
Transport
70 of 95 votes
Housing
47 of 54 votes
#5
Trade
67 of 91 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
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
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
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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
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
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
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