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Mr Richard Holden vs Rushanara Ali

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

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Mr Richard Holden
Con Basildon and Billericay
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Photograph of Rushanara Ali
Rushanara Ali
Lab Bethnal Green and Stepney

Voting alignment

Mr Richard Holden and Rushanara Ali voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,018 shared comparable votes.

48 same votes 970 different votes 1,018 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 11 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
15 Aye 17 No
Benefits 6% aligned 32 shared votes
15 Aye 17 No
61 Aye 58 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 119 shared votes
57 Aye 62 No
68 Aye 38 No
Migration 4% aligned 106 shared votes
34 Aye 72 No
9 Aye 23 No
Energy 3% aligned 32 shared votes
24 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 29 No
Defence 0% aligned 50 shared votes
29 Aye 21 No
24 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 48 shared votes
24 Aye 24 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
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
76.3%
4% above average
Rank 280 of 649
1,317
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,812
2,376 eligible divisions
645
49.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,025
56.6% of votes cast
672
51.0% of votes cast
No votes
787
43.4% of votes cast
2
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
20
1.1% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

44
-38.3 vs Commons average
Rank 484 of 649
Appearances
46
-36.3 vs Commons average
Rank 473 of 649
64
-79.5 vs Commons average
Rank 463 of 649
Contributions
43
-100.5 vs Commons average
Rank 534 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,267,818
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,943,041
all imported IPSA years
£332,582
47% above average
Latest expenses
£325,502
44% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 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
Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
60 of 63 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Trade
47 of 53 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
Defence
61 of 70 votes
#4
Housing
59 of 67 votes
Housing
47 of 54 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
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
No
Motion to sit in private 4 Jul 2025
Tax
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
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