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Mr Richard Holden vs Mr Toby Perkins

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 Mr Toby Perkins
Mr Toby Perkins
Lab Chesterfield

Voting alignment

Mr Richard Holden and Mr Toby Perkins voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 973 shared comparable votes.

38 same votes 935 different votes 973 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
16 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 11% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No
16 Aye 17 No
Benefits 6% aligned 33 shared votes
15 Aye 18 No
61 Aye 52 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 113 shared votes
51 Aye 62 No
9 Aye 22 No
Energy 3% aligned 31 shared votes
23 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 3% aligned 34 shared votes
22 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 30 No
Defence 0% aligned 55 shared votes
30 Aye 25 No
16 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 40 shared votes
24 Aye 16 No
28 Aye 11 No
Transport 0% aligned 39 shared votes
11 Aye 28 No
22 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 38 shared votes
16 Aye 22 No
8 Aye 25 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
25 Aye 8 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 347 of 649
1,317
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,745
2,376 eligible divisions
645
49.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
962
55.1% of votes cast
672
51.0% of votes cast
No votes
783
44.9% of votes cast
2
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4% 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
103
+19.4 vs Commons average
Rank 161 of 650
64
-81.7 vs Commons average
Rank 465 of 650
Contributions
160
+14.3 vs Commons average
Rank 187 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
£2,954,096
all imported IPSA years
£332,582
47% above average
Latest expenses
£306,578
36% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
1 registered category
6
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Brexit / EU
60 of 63 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Trade
47 of 53 votes
#3
Migration
143 of 171 votes
Defence
61 of 70 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
Housing
47 of 54 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 47 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
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 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
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
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
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
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
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