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Mr Richard Holden vs Sarah Champion

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 Sarah Champion
Sarah Champion
Lab Rotherham

Voting alignment

Mr Richard Holden and Sarah Champion voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 945 shared comparable votes.

37 same votes 908 different votes 945 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
17 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 9% aligned 33 shared votes
19 Aye 14 No
13 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 7% aligned 29 shared votes
18 Aye 11 No
17 Aye 17 No
Benefits 6% aligned 34 shared votes
15 Aye 19 No
7 Aye 19 No
Energy 4% aligned 26 shared votes
20 Aye 6 No
76 Aye 37 No
Migration 4% aligned 113 shared votes
33 Aye 80 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 44 shared votes
24 Aye 20 No
21 Aye 18 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 39 shared votes
18 Aye 21 No
17 Aye 16 No
Trade 0% aligned 33 shared votes
16 Aye 17 No
20 Aye 12 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 32 shared votes
12 Aye 20 No
22 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 30 shared votes
8 Aye 22 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
70.3%
2% below average
Rank 426 of 649
1,317
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,670
2,376 eligible divisions
645
49.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
910
54.5% of votes cast
672
51.0% of votes cast
No votes
760
45.5% of votes cast
2
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
10
0.6% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
13 years, 10 months
Since 29 Nov 2012

Debates

44
-39.6 vs Commons average
Rank 486 of 650
Appearances
51
-32.6 vs Commons average
Rank 441 of 650
64
-81.7 vs Commons average
Rank 465 of 650
Contributions
87
-58.7 vs Commons average
Rank 382 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
£2,463,004
all imported IPSA years
£332,582
47% above average
Latest expenses
£291,263
29% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
6
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
Migration
144 of 171 votes
Brexit / EU
60 of 63 votes
#2
NHS / Health
45 of 56 votes
Trade
47 of 53 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
38 of 48 votes
Defence
61 of 70 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
52 of 66 votes
Housing
47 of 54 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 47 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
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
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
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
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
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
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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