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Mr Richard Holden vs Helena Dollimore

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
vs
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Helena Dollimore
Lab Hastings and Rye

Voting alignment

Mr Richard Holden and Helena Dollimore voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 310 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 301 different votes 310 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 6 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
17 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 10% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 No
34 Aye 45 No
Tax 0% aligned 79 shared votes
45 Aye 34 No
7 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
22 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
24 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 45 No
Tax 0% aligned 79 shared votes
45 Aye 34 No
7 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
22 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
24 Aye 5 No
13 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No
12 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
8 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
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 260 of 649
1,317
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
456
590 eligible divisions
645
49.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
218
47.8% of votes cast
672
51.0% of votes cast
No votes
238
52.2% of votes cast
2
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
3
0.7% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

44
-38.3 vs Commons average
Rank 484 of 649
Appearances
85
+2.7 vs Commons average
Rank 230 of 649
64
-79.5 vs Commons average
Rank 463 of 649
Contributions
104
-39.5 vs Commons average
Rank 324 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
£222,164
all imported IPSA years
£332,582
47% above average
Latest expenses
£222,164
2% below average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
4 registered categories
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
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
Brexit / EU
60 of 63 votes
#2
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Trade
47 of 53 votes
#3
Transport
26 of 29 votes
Defence
61 of 70 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
54 of 62 votes
Housing
47 of 54 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 24 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
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
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
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
No
Elections (proportional representation): Ten Minute Rule Motion 3 Dec 2024
No
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