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Mr Richard Holden vs Liz Kendall

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 Liz Kendall
Liz Kendall
Lab Leicester West

Voting alignment

Mr Richard Holden and Liz Kendall voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 852 shared comparable votes.

31 same votes 821 different votes 852 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 15 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 32 shared votes
17 Aye 15 No
17 Aye 16 No
Benefits 6% aligned 33 shared votes
14 Aye 19 No
5 Aye 18 No
Energy 4% aligned 23 shared votes
19 Aye 4 No
58 Aye 37 No
Migration 3% aligned 95 shared votes
34 Aye 61 No
54 Aye 42 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 96 shared votes
39 Aye 57 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 48 shared votes
24 Aye 24 No
20 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 41 shared votes
21 Aye 20 No
20 Aye 19 No
Trade 0% aligned 39 shared votes
19 Aye 20 No
25 Aye 11 No
Transport 0% aligned 36 shared votes
11 Aye 25 No
10 Aye 20 No
Defence 0% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 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
64.4%
8% below average
Rank 526 of 649
1,317
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,530
2,376 eligible divisions
645
49.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
875
57.2% of votes cast
672
51.0% of votes cast
No votes
655
42.8% of votes cast
2
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.1% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

44
-39.6 vs Commons average
Rank 486 of 650
Appearances
37
-46.6 vs Commons average
Rank 522 of 650
64
-81.7 vs Commons average
Rank 465 of 650
Contributions
526
+380.3 vs Commons average
Rank 20 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
£2,620,750
all imported IPSA years
£332,582
47% above average
Latest expenses
£249,722
10% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
6
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
64 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
60 of 63 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
184 of 211 votes
Trade
47 of 53 votes
#3
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes
Defence
61 of 70 votes
#4
Benefits
62 of 81 votes
Housing
47 of 54 votes
#5
Migration
126 of 171 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
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
No
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sept 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Democratic Scrutiny) Regulations 2023 22 Mar 2023
Aye
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