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Mr Richard Holden vs Gregor Poynton

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 Gregor Poynton
Gregor Poynton
Lab Livingston

Voting alignment

Mr Richard Holden and Gregor Poynton voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 330 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 324 different votes 330 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
5 Aye 7 No
Benefits 17% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
17 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 10% aligned 29 shared votes
11 Aye 18 No
29 Aye 51 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
51 Aye 29 No
6 Aye 19 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
19 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
20 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 51 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
51 Aye 29 No
6 Aye 19 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
19 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
20 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 13 No
Housing 0% aligned 19 shared votes
13 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 18 shared votes
15 Aye 3 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

79.6%
7% above average
Rank 206 of 650
Participation
90.5%
18% above average
Rank 15 of 650
1,352
1,699 eligible divisions
Total votes
571
631 eligible divisions
661
48.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
290
50.8% of votes cast
691
51.1% of votes cast
No votes
281
49.2% of votes cast
2
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

63
-31.2 vs Commons average
Rank 409 of 650
Appearances
3
-91.2 vs Commons average
Rank 635 of 650
91
-73.1 vs Commons average
Rank 409 of 650
Contributions
3
-161.1 vs Commons average
Rank 631 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
£226,851
all imported IPSA years
£332,582
47% above average
Latest expenses
£226,851
same as average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
7
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
62 of 63 votes
#1
Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
Brexit / EU
61 of 64 votes
#2
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Trade
50 of 56 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Defence
61 of 70 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Housing
47 of 54 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Railways Bill: Carry-over extension (Motion) 4 Nov 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 8 4 Nov 2026
No
Aye
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 6 4 Nov 2026
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Tax Transport
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 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
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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