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Mr Richard Holden vs Mike Reader

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

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Mr Richard Holden
Con Basildon and Billericay
vs
Photograph of Mike Reader
Mike Reader
Lab Northampton South

Voting alignment

Mr Richard Holden and Mike Reader voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 294 shared comparable votes.

14 same votes 280 different votes 294 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
4 Aye 6 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
14 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 10% aligned 30 shared votes
15 Aye 15 No
32 Aye 43 No
Tax 0% aligned 75 shared votes
43 Aye 32 No
9 Aye 17 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
17 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 43 No
Tax 0% aligned 75 shared votes
43 Aye 32 No
9 Aye 17 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
17 Aye 9 No
1 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
21 Aye 1 No
11 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 No
10 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
9 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
73.4%
1% above average
Rank 351 of 649
1,317
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
433
590 eligible divisions
645
49.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
226
52.2% of votes cast
672
51.0% of votes cast
No votes
207
47.8% of votes cast
2
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
13
3.0% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

44
-39.7 vs Commons average
Rank 486 of 649
Appearances
74
-9.7 vs Commons average
Rank 299 of 649
64
-81.9 vs Commons average
Rank 465 of 649
Contributions
99
-46.9 vs Commons average
Rank 340 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
£208,618
all imported IPSA years
£332,582
47% above average
Latest expenses
£208,618
8% below average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
11
4 registered categories
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
49 of 50 votes
#1
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
60 of 63 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Trade
47 of 53 votes
#3
Migration
12 of 13 votes
Defence
61 of 70 votes
#4
Transport
24 of 29 votes
Housing
47 of 54 votes
#5
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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