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Mr Richard Holden vs Laura Kyrke-Smith

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 Laura Kyrke-Smith
Laura Kyrke-Smith
Lab Aylesbury

Voting alignment

Mr Richard Holden and Laura Kyrke-Smith voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 369 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 363 different votes 369 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 8 No
Benefits 14% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
2 Aye 6 No
Environment / Climate 13% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
19 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 9% aligned 35 shared votes
15 Aye 20 No
32 Aye 42 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
42 Aye 32 No
5 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
27 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 42 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
42 Aye 32 No
5 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
27 Aye 5 No
9 Aye 17 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
17 Aye 9 No
12 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
6 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 23 shared votes
17 Aye 6 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 205 of 650
Participation
87.7%
15% above average
Rank 43 of 650
1,343
1,688 eligible divisions
Total votes
544
620 eligible divisions
659
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
270
49.6% of votes cast
684
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
274
50.4% of votes cast
2
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

60
-33.0 vs Commons average
Rank 421 of 650
Appearances
107
+14.0 vs Commons average
Rank 183 of 650
88
-74.0 vs Commons average
Rank 415 of 650
Contributions
129
-33.0 vs Commons average
Rank 298 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
£198,951
all imported IPSA years
£332,582
47% above average
Latest expenses
£198,951
12% below average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
7
4 registered categories
6
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Brexit / EU
61 of 64 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Trade
50 of 56 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Defence
61 of 70 votes
#4
Defence
33 of 34 votes
Housing
47 of 54 votes
#5
Housing
31 of 32 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
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
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Where they voted the same
No
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
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
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
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