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Mr Richard Holden vs Paulette Hamilton

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 Paulette Hamilton
Paulette Hamilton
Lab Birmingham Erdington

Voting alignment

Mr Richard Holden and Paulette Hamilton voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 665 shared comparable votes.

29 same votes 636 different votes 665 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
7 Aye 10 No
Benefits 12% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
16 Aye 4 No
NHS / Health 10% aligned 20 shared votes
6 Aye 14 No
33 Aye 33 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 66 shared votes
33 Aye 33 No
8 Aye 12 No
Foreign Affairs 5% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
67 Aye 22 No
Migration 4% aligned 89 shared votes
18 Aye 71 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 46 shared votes
28 Aye 18 No
14 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
11 Aye 18 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 29 shared votes
18 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 21 No
Housing 0% aligned 29 shared votes
21 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 18 No
Energy 0% aligned 26 shared votes
18 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
75.5%
3% above average
Rank 299 of 649
1,317
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
883
1,170 eligible divisions
645
49.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
435
49.3% of votes cast
672
51.0% of votes cast
No votes
448
50.7% of votes cast
2
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.8% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
4 years, 7 months
Since 3 Mar 2022

Debates

44
-39.6 vs Commons average
Rank 486 of 650
Appearances
62
-21.6 vs Commons average
Rank 366 of 650
64
-81.7 vs Commons average
Rank 465 of 650
Contributions
82
-63.7 vs Commons average
Rank 398 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
£789,073
all imported IPSA years
£332,582
47% above average
Latest expenses
£285,345
26% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 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
Work / Employment
57 of 63 votes
Brexit / EU
60 of 63 votes
#2
Education
55 of 61 votes
Trade
47 of 53 votes
#3
Migration
113 of 126 votes
Defence
61 of 70 votes
#4
Benefits
34 of 39 votes
Housing
47 of 54 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 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
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
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
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
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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 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
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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