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Mr Richard Holden vs Sarah Pochin

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
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Photograph of Sarah Pochin
Sarah Pochin
RUK Runcorn and Helsby

Voting alignment

Mr Richard Holden and Sarah Pochin voted the same way 94% of the time, based on 160 shared comparable votes.

150 same votes 10 different votes 160 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
9 Aye 18 No
Tax 100% aligned 27 shared votes
9 Aye 18 No
0 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 15 shared votes
0 Aye 15 No
3 Aye 9 No
Defence 100% aligned 12 shared votes
3 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 5 No
Benefits 100% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 1 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 2 No
Transport 88% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 16 No
Housing 95% aligned 19 shared votes
2 Aye 17 No
13 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 96% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No
9 Aye 18 No
Tax 100% aligned 27 shared votes
9 Aye 18 No
0 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 15 shared votes
0 Aye 15 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
57.4%
15% below average
Rank 593 of 649
1,317
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
232
404 eligible divisions
645
49.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
105
45.3% of votes cast
672
51.0% of votes cast
No votes
127
54.7% of votes cast
2
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
7
3.0% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
1 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 2025

Debates

44
-39.7 vs Commons average
Rank 486 of 649
Appearances
98
+14.3 vs Commons average
Rank 178 of 649
64
-81.9 vs Commons average
Rank 465 of 649
Contributions
118
-27.9 vs Commons average
Rank 280 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
£0
all imported IPSA years
£332,582
47% above average
Latest expenses
n/a
average unavailable
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
7
5 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
Trade
7 of 7 votes
Brexit / EU
60 of 63 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Trade
47 of 53 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 10 votes
Defence
61 of 70 votes
#4
Housing
22 of 25 votes
Housing
47 of 54 votes
#5
Energy
6 of 8 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Railways Bill: Second Reading 9 Dec 2025
Transport
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye rebel
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
Aye rebel
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
Aye rebel
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
No rebel
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
No rebel
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
No rebel
Aye
Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 69 9 Jun 2025
Housing
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
No rebel
Where they voted the same
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
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