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Mr Richard Holden vs Sarah Coombes

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 Coombes
Sarah Coombes
Lab West Bromwich

Voting alignment

Mr Richard Holden and Sarah Coombes voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 332 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 326 different votes 332 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
1 Aye 2 No
Migration 33% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 5 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 12% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No
32 Aye 52 No
Tax 0% aligned 84 shared votes
52 Aye 32 No
5 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
25 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 52 No
Tax 0% aligned 84 shared votes
52 Aye 32 No
5 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
25 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
21 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 12 No
Transport 0% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

79.6%
7% above average
Rank 206 of 650
Participation
81.1%
9% above average
Rank 172 of 650
1,352
1,699 eligible divisions
Total votes
512
631 eligible divisions
661
48.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
256
50.0% of votes cast
691
51.1% of votes cast
No votes
256
50.0% of votes cast
2
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

63
-31.2 vs Commons average
Rank 409 of 650
Appearances
69
-25.2 vs Commons average
Rank 379 of 650
91
-73.1 vs Commons average
Rank 409 of 650
Contributions
86
-78.1 vs Commons average
Rank 434 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
£164,149
all imported IPSA years
£332,582
47% above average
Latest expenses
£164,149
27% below average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
7
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
62 of 63 votes
#1
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
61 of 64 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Trade
50 of 56 votes
#3
Work / Employment
40 of 42 votes
Defence
61 of 70 votes
#4
Education
45 of 50 votes
Housing
47 of 54 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
15 of 17 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Railways Bill: Carry-over extension (Motion) 4 Nov 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 8 4 Nov 2026
No
Aye
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 6 4 Nov 2026
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Tax Transport
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
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
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