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Mr Richard Holden vs Peter Dowd

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 Peter Dowd
Peter Dowd
Lab Bootle

Voting alignment

Mr Richard Holden and Peter Dowd voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 872 shared comparable votes.

35 same votes 837 different votes 872 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
14 Aye 9 No
Benefits 9% aligned 23 shared votes
7 Aye 16 No
16 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
37 Aye 34 No
Migration 6% aligned 71 shared votes
30 Aye 41 No
63 Aye 40 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 103 shared votes
39 Aye 64 No
8 Aye 22 No
Energy 3% aligned 30 shared votes
23 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 29 No
Defence 0% aligned 53 shared votes
29 Aye 24 No
21 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 45 shared votes
24 Aye 21 No
24 Aye 18 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 42 shared votes
18 Aye 24 No
28 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 36 shared votes
8 Aye 28 No
19 Aye 15 No
Trade 0% aligned 34 shared votes
15 Aye 19 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
68.9%
4% below average
Rank 449 of 649
1,317
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,637
2,376 eligible divisions
645
49.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
916
56.0% of votes cast
672
51.0% of votes cast
No votes
721
44.0% of votes cast
2
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

44
-39.6 vs Commons average
Rank 486 of 650
Appearances
41
-42.6 vs Commons average
Rank 503 of 650
64
-81.7 vs Commons average
Rank 465 of 650
Contributions
29
-116.7 vs Commons average
Rank 583 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
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£332,582
47% above average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
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
63 of 71 votes
Brexit / EU
60 of 63 votes
#2
Work / Employment
64 of 77 votes
Trade
47 of 53 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Defence
61 of 70 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
Housing
47 of 54 votes
#5
Trade
72 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
No
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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: Third Reading 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
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
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