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Mr Richard Holden vs Jim McMahon

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 McMahon
Jim McMahon
Lab Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton

Voting alignment

Mr Richard Holden and Jim McMahon voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 942 shared comparable votes.

41 same votes 901 different votes 942 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
9 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 No
15 Aye 13 No
Benefits 7% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
75 Aye 31 No
Migration 4% aligned 106 shared votes
27 Aye 79 No
8 Aye 19 No
Energy 4% aligned 27 shared votes
20 Aye 7 No
12 Aye 25 No
Education 3% aligned 37 shared votes
26 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 44 shared votes
23 Aye 21 No
19 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 42 shared votes
23 Aye 19 No
15 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 40 shared votes
25 Aye 15 No
22 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 38 shared votes
16 Aye 22 No
9 Aye 27 No
Housing 0% aligned 36 shared votes
27 Aye 9 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
71.7%
1% below average
Rank 385 of 649
1,317
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,704
2,376 eligible divisions
645
49.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
952
55.9% of votes cast
672
51.0% of votes cast
No votes
752
44.1% of votes cast
2
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
11
0.6% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
10 years, 10 months
Since 3 Dec 2015

Debates

44
-39.6 vs Commons average
Rank 486 of 650
Appearances
90
+6.4 vs Commons average
Rank 220 of 650
64
-81.7 vs Commons average
Rank 465 of 650
Contributions
245
+99.3 vs Commons average
Rank 89 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
£1,972,637
all imported IPSA years
£332,582
47% above average
Latest expenses
£264,252
17% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
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
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
60 of 63 votes
#2
Education
80 of 96 votes
Trade
47 of 53 votes
#3
Housing
55 of 67 votes
Defence
61 of 70 votes
#4
Migration
139 of 171 votes
Housing
47 of 54 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
170 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
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