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Mr Richard Holden vs Paula Barker

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
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Photograph of Paula Barker
Paula Barker
Lab Liverpool Wavertree

Voting alignment

Mr Richard Holden and Paula Barker voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,045 shared comparable votes.

45 same votes 1,000 different votes 1,045 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 18 No
Benefits 9% aligned 35 shared votes
15 Aye 20 No
21 Aye 17 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 38 shared votes
20 Aye 18 No
64 Aye 58 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 122 shared votes
58 Aye 64 No
9 Aye 16 No
Energy 4% aligned 25 shared votes
17 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 23 No
Education 3% aligned 33 shared votes
24 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 32 No
Defence 0% aligned 58 shared votes
32 Aye 26 No
24 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 48 shared votes
24 Aye 24 No
19 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 48 shared votes
29 Aye 19 No
13 Aye 29 No
Housing 0% aligned 42 shared votes
29 Aye 13 No
20 Aye 20 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 40 shared votes
20 Aye 20 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
79.1%
6% above average
Rank 222 of 649
1,317
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,311
1,658 eligible divisions
645
49.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
683
52.1% of votes cast
672
51.0% of votes cast
No votes
628
47.9% of votes cast
2
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

44
-39.6 vs Commons average
Rank 486 of 650
Appearances
80
-3.6 vs Commons average
Rank 273 of 650
64
-81.7 vs Commons average
Rank 465 of 650
Contributions
82
-63.7 vs Commons average
Rank 399 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
£1,383,596
all imported IPSA years
£332,582
47% above average
Latest expenses
£322,425
43% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
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
Housing
52 of 54 votes
Brexit / EU
60 of 63 votes
#2
NHS / Health
45 of 47 votes
Trade
47 of 53 votes
#3
Defence
67 of 70 votes
Defence
61 of 70 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
Housing
47 of 54 votes
#5
Work / Employment
60 of 67 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
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 Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners 7 Jul 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 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
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
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