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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 363 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 356 different votes 363 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
19 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 10% aligned 40 shared votes
19 Aye 21 No
4 Aye 6 No
Benefits 10% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
34 Aye 51 No
Tax 1% aligned 85 shared votes
50 Aye 35 No
9 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
23 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
24 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
9 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
23 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
24 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 23 shared votes
17 Aye 6 No
12 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No
5 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 21 shared votes
16 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 205 of 650
Participation
88.1%
16% above average
Rank 41 of 650
1,343
1,688 eligible divisions
Total votes
546
620 eligible divisions
659
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
278
50.9% of votes cast
684
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
268
49.1% of votes cast
2
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4% 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
85
-8.0 vs Commons average
Rank 284 of 650
88
-74.0 vs Commons average
Rank 415 of 650
Contributions
146
-16.0 vs Commons average
Rank 249 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
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
6
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
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Brexit / EU
61 of 64 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Trade
50 of 56 votes
#3
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Defence
61 of 70 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Housing
47 of 54 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 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: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
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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Voting source Commons Votes API