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Mr Richard Holden vs Mark Ferguson

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 Mark Ferguson
Mark Ferguson
Lab Gateshead Central and Whickham

Voting alignment

Mr Richard Holden and Mark Ferguson voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 300 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 295 different votes 300 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 7 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
34 Aye 49 No
Tax 0% aligned 83 shared votes
49 Aye 34 No
9 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
23 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 49 No
Tax 0% aligned 83 shared votes
49 Aye 34 No
9 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
23 Aye 9 No
9 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 18 shared votes
14 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 12 No
Housing 0% aligned 17 shared votes
12 Aye 5 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
89.3%
17% above average
Rank 24 of 649
1,317
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
527
590 eligible divisions
645
49.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
279
52.9% of votes cast
672
51.0% of votes cast
No votes
248
47.1% of votes cast
2
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

44
-37.8 vs Commons average
Rank 483 of 649
Appearances
5
-76.8 vs Commons average
Rank 630 of 649
64
-78.7 vs Commons average
Rank 460 of 649
Contributions
13
-129.7 vs Commons average
Rank 619 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,267,818
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£191,951
all imported IPSA years
£332,582
47% above average
Latest expenses
£191,951
15% below average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
6
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Education
50 of 50 votes
Brexit / EU
60 of 63 votes
#2
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
Trade
47 of 53 votes
#3
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Defence
61 of 70 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Housing
47 of 54 votes
#5
Migration
13 of 13 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
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
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Elections (proportional representation): Ten Minute Rule Motion 3 Dec 2024
No
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