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Mr Richard Holden vs Ian Lavery

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 Ian Lavery
Ian Lavery
Lab Blyth and Ashington

Voting alignment

Mr Richard Holden and Ian Lavery voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,022 shared comparable votes.

45 same votes 977 different votes 1,022 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
17 Aye 15 No
Benefits 9% aligned 32 shared votes
12 Aye 20 No
19 Aye 17 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 36 shared votes
20 Aye 16 No
56 Aye 47 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 103 shared votes
45 Aye 58 No
77 Aye 37 No
Migration 4% aligned 114 shared votes
33 Aye 81 No
10 Aye 28 No
Education 3% aligned 38 shared votes
29 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 31 No
Defence 0% aligned 56 shared votes
31 Aye 25 No
22 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 50 shared votes
28 Aye 22 No
29 Aye 15 No
Transport 0% aligned 44 shared votes
15 Aye 29 No
20 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 43 shared votes
23 Aye 20 No
22 Aye 20 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 42 shared votes
20 Aye 22 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
76.3%
4% above average
Rank 278 of 649
1,317
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,813
2,376 eligible divisions
645
49.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,004
55.4% of votes cast
672
51.0% of votes cast
No votes
809
44.6% of votes cast
2
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
23
1.3% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

44
-39.6 vs Commons average
Rank 486 of 650
Appearances
86
+2.4 vs Commons average
Rank 235 of 650
64
-81.7 vs Commons average
Rank 465 of 650
Contributions
112
-33.7 vs Commons average
Rank 307 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
£3,105,352
all imported IPSA years
£332,582
47% above average
Latest expenses
£309,158
37% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
66 of 71 votes
Brexit / EU
60 of 63 votes
#2
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Trade
47 of 53 votes
#3
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Defence
61 of 70 votes
#4
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
Housing
47 of 54 votes
#5
Migration
149 of 171 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
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 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
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