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Mr Richard Holden vs James Murray

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
Photograph of James Murray
James Murray
Lab Ealing North

Voting alignment

Mr Richard Holden and James Murray voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 993 shared comparable votes.

45 same votes 948 different votes 993 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
15 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 14% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No
14 Aye 15 No
Benefits 7% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
9 Aye 21 No
Energy 7% aligned 30 shared votes
23 Aye 7 No
70 Aye 37 No
Migration 4% aligned 107 shared votes
33 Aye 74 No
23 Aye 12 No
Transport 3% aligned 35 shared votes
13 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 52 shared votes
24 Aye 28 No
18 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 45 shared votes
27 Aye 18 No
12 Aye 28 No
Housing 0% aligned 40 shared votes
28 Aye 12 No
18 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 40 shared votes
22 Aye 18 No
19 Aye 19 No
Trade 0% aligned 38 shared votes
19 Aye 19 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
73.4%
1% above average
Rank 348 of 649
1,317
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,217
1,658 eligible divisions
645
49.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
647
53.2% of votes cast
672
51.0% of votes cast
No votes
570
46.8% of votes cast
2
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

44
-38.3 vs Commons average
Rank 484 of 649
Appearances
97
+14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 181 of 649
64
-79.5 vs Commons average
Rank 463 of 649
Contributions
757
+613.5 vs Commons average
Rank 6 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
£1,325,130
all imported IPSA years
£332,582
47% above average
Latest expenses
£293,355
30% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
6
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
Brexit / EU
60 of 63 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
45 of 50 votes
Trade
47 of 53 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 54 votes
Defence
61 of 70 votes
#4
Migration
132 of 154 votes
Housing
47 of 54 votes
#5
Education
58 of 69 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
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 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
No
Motion to sit in private 4 Jul 2025
Tax
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Motion to sit in private 7 Mar 2025
Tax
No
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
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
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