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Mr Richard Holden vs Rachel Hopkins

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 Rachel Hopkins
Rachel Hopkins
Lab Luton South and South Bedfordshire

Voting alignment

Mr Richard Holden and Rachel Hopkins voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,119 shared comparable votes.

46 same votes 1,073 different votes 1,119 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
21 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 37 shared votes
19 Aye 18 No
17 Aye 18 No
Benefits 6% aligned 35 shared votes
16 Aye 19 No
65 Aye 58 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 123 shared votes
57 Aye 66 No
79 Aye 38 No
Migration 3% aligned 117 shared votes
34 Aye 83 No
9 Aye 23 No
Energy 3% aligned 32 shared votes
24 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 31 No
Defence 0% aligned 55 shared votes
31 Aye 24 No
24 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 53 shared votes
29 Aye 24 No
28 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 52 shared votes
24 Aye 28 No
13 Aye 29 No
Housing 0% aligned 42 shared votes
29 Aye 13 No
19 Aye 21 No
Trade 0% aligned 40 shared votes
21 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
84.9%
12% above average
Rank 96 of 649
1,317
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,408
1,658 eligible divisions
645
49.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
746
53.0% of votes cast
672
51.0% of votes cast
No votes
662
47.0% of votes cast
2
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% 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
86
+2.4 vs Commons average
Rank 230 of 650
64
-81.7 vs Commons average
Rank 465 of 650
Contributions
100
-45.7 vs Commons average
Rank 338 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
£1,064,817
all imported IPSA years
£332,582
47% above average
Latest expenses
£253,152
12% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
Housing
53 of 54 votes
Brexit / EU
60 of 63 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
Trade
47 of 53 votes
#3
Education
65 of 69 votes
Defence
61 of 70 votes
#4
Migration
143 of 154 votes
Housing
47 of 54 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 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
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
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: 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
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
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
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