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Mr Richard Holden vs Josh MacAlister

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 Josh MacAlister
Josh MacAlister
Lab Whitehaven and Workington

Voting alignment

Mr Richard Holden and Josh MacAlister voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 349 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 342 different votes 349 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
1 Aye 2 No
Migration 33% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 8 No
Benefits 14% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
19 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 9% aligned 35 shared votes
15 Aye 20 No
33 Aye 57 No
Tax 1% aligned 90 shared votes
56 Aye 34 No
9 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
22 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
9 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
22 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
25 Aye 4 No
12 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
9 Aye 12 No
Transport 0% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 19 shared votes
14 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

79.6%
7% above average
Rank 206 of 650
Participation
81.8%
9% above average
Rank 157 of 650
1,352
1,699 eligible divisions
Total votes
516
631 eligible divisions
661
48.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
260
50.4% of votes cast
691
51.1% of votes cast
No votes
256
49.6% of votes cast
2
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

61
-33.0 vs Commons average
Rank 419 of 650
Appearances
85
-9.0 vs Commons average
Rank 291 of 650
89
-74.8 vs Commons average
Rank 415 of 650
Contributions
214
+50.2 vs Commons average
Rank 152 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
£223,568
all imported IPSA years
£332,582
47% above average
Latest expenses
£223,568
1% below average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 registered categories
7
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
62 of 63 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Brexit / EU
61 of 64 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Trade
50 of 56 votes
#3
Education
49 of 50 votes
Defence
61 of 70 votes
#4
Work / Employment
39 of 42 votes
Housing
47 of 54 votes
#5
Migration
12 of 13 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Budget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Tax Transport
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
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
No
Motion to sit in private 7 Mar 2025
Tax
No
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