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Mr Richard Holden vs John McDonnell

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 John McDonnell
John McDonnell
Lab Hayes and Harlington

Voting alignment

Mr Richard Holden and John McDonnell voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,071 shared comparable votes.

43 same votes 1,028 different votes 1,071 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
11 Aye 26 No
Education 11% aligned 37 shared votes
24 Aye 13 No
20 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 36 shared votes
19 Aye 17 No
20 Aye 18 No
Benefits 5% aligned 38 shared votes
16 Aye 22 No
3 Aye 23 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 26 shared votes
22 Aye 4 No
65 Aye 49 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 114 shared votes
49 Aye 65 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 30 No
Defence 0% aligned 53 shared votes
30 Aye 23 No
28 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 52 shared votes
24 Aye 28 No
22 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 51 shared votes
29 Aye 22 No
22 Aye 17 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 39 shared votes
17 Aye 22 No
17 Aye 21 No
Trade 0% aligned 38 shared votes
21 Aye 17 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
79.2%
7% above average
Rank 218 of 649
1,317
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,881
2,376 eligible divisions
645
49.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,021
54.3% of votes cast
672
51.0% of votes cast
No votes
860
45.7% of votes cast
2
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
24
1.3% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

44
-39.6 vs Commons average
Rank 486 of 650
Appearances
128
+44.4 vs Commons average
Rank 100 of 650
64
-81.7 vs Commons average
Rank 465 of 650
Contributions
161
+15.3 vs Commons average
Rank 183 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
£2,684,777
all imported IPSA years
£332,582
47% above average
Latest expenses
£269,647
19% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
6
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
7
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
63 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
60 of 63 votes
#2
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
Trade
47 of 53 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Defence
61 of 70 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Housing
47 of 54 votes
#5
Defence
63 of 71 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
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 106 9 Mar 2026
Education
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 38 9 Mar 2026
Education
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Data (Use and Access) Bill: Motion to insist on disagreement to LA49 and make (a) to (e) in lieu 10 Jun 2025
Digital / Online Safety
No
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