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Mr Richard Holden vs Samantha Dixon

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 Samantha Dixon
Samantha Dixon
Lab Chester North and Neston

Voting alignment

Mr Richard Holden and Samantha Dixon voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 536 shared comparable votes.

20 same votes 516 different votes 536 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
6 Aye 10 No
Benefits 13% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No
23 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 50 shared votes
25 Aye 25 No
49 Aye 19 No
Migration 6% aligned 68 shared votes
15 Aye 53 No
14 Aye 6 No
Transport 5% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 15 No
Education 5% aligned 22 shared votes
16 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 42 shared votes
22 Aye 20 No
14 Aye 20 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 34 shared votes
20 Aye 14 No
5 Aye 20 No
Housing 0% aligned 25 shared votes
20 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
1 Aye 20 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 21 shared votes
20 Aye 1 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
73.6%
1% above average
Rank 341 of 649
1,317
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
735
999 eligible divisions
645
49.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
361
49.1% of votes cast
672
51.0% of votes cast
No votes
374
50.9% of votes cast
2
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
3 years, 10 months
Since 1 Dec 2022

Debates

44
-39.6 vs Commons average
Rank 486 of 650
Appearances
75
-8.6 vs Commons average
Rank 294 of 650
64
-81.7 vs Commons average
Rank 465 of 650
Contributions
288
+142.3 vs Commons average
Rank 65 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
£667,714
all imported IPSA years
£332,582
47% above average
Latest expenses
£311,379
38% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
Brexit / EU
11 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
60 of 63 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
Trade
47 of 53 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
45 of 50 votes
Defence
61 of 70 votes
#4
Trade
20 of 23 votes
Housing
47 of 54 votes
#5
Migration
83 of 97 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
No
Motion to sit in private 7 Mar 2025
Tax
No
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
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
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