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Mr Richard Holden vs Jim Dickson

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
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Photograph of Jim Dickson
Jim Dickson
Lab Dartford

Voting alignment

Mr Richard Holden and Jim Dickson voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 334 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 328 different votes 334 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
6 Aye 7 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
17 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 9% aligned 33 shared votes
15 Aye 18 No
35 Aye 52 No
Tax 0% aligned 87 shared votes
52 Aye 35 No
9 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
22 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
21 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 52 No
Tax 0% aligned 87 shared votes
52 Aye 35 No
9 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
22 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
21 Aye 4 No
13 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 No
5 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
17 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

80.0 %
7 % above average
Rank 204 of 650
Participation
90.3 %
18 % above average
Rank 18 of 650
1,300
1,626 eligible divisions
Total votes
504
558 eligible divisions
637
49.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
243
48.2 % of votes cast
663
51.0 % of votes cast
No votes
261
51.8 % of votes cast
2
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

46
-23.8 vs Commons average
Rank 412 of 650
Appearances
116
+46.2 vs Commons average
Rank 90 of 650
60
-63.9 vs Commons average
Rank 430 of 650
Contributions
128
+4.1 vs Commons average
Rank 194 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
£172,033
all imported IPSA years
£332,582
47 % above average
Latest expenses
£172,033
24 % below average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
5
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
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Brexit / EU
60 of 63 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Trade
45 of 51 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Defence
60 of 69 votes
#4
Defence
32 of 33 votes
Housing
46 of 53 votes
#5
Benefits
29 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
No
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 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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