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Mr Richard Holden vs Linsey Farnsworth

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 Linsey Farnsworth
Linsey Farnsworth
Lab Amber Valley

Voting alignment

Mr Richard Holden and Linsey Farnsworth voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 324 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 317 different votes 324 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
17 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 11% aligned 37 shared votes
18 Aye 19 No
4 Aye 6 No
Benefits 10% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
31 Aye 51 No
Tax 1% aligned 82 shared votes
50 Aye 32 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
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
5 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
17 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 21 shared votes
16 Aye 5 No
12 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
7 Aye 12 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
87.8 %
15 % above average
Rank 53 of 650
1,300
1,626 eligible divisions
Total votes
490
558 eligible divisions
637
49.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
255
52.0 % of votes cast
663
51.0 % of votes cast
No votes
235
48.0 % of votes cast
2
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2 % of votes cast
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

46
-24.1 vs Commons average
Rank 414 of 650
Appearances
65
-5.1 vs Commons average
Rank 278 of 650
60
-64.5 vs Commons average
Rank 431 of 650
Contributions
119
-5.5 vs Commons average
Rank 217 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
£216,552
all imported IPSA years
£332,582
47 % above average
Latest expenses
£216,552
4 % below average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
5
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
49 of 50 votes
#1
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Brexit / EU
60 of 63 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Trade
45 of 51 votes
#3
Energy
17 of 17 votes
Defence
60 of 69 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Housing
46 of 53 votes
#5
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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: New Clause 1 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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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