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Mr Richard Holden vs Sean Woodcock

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 Sean Woodcock
Sean Woodcock
Lab Banbury

Voting alignment

Mr Richard Holden and Sean Woodcock voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 360 shared comparable votes.

10 same votes 350 different votes 360 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 8 No
Benefits 14% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
17 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 37 shared votes
19 Aye 18 No
35 Aye 52 No
Tax 0% aligned 87 shared votes
52 Aye 35 No
8 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 52 No
Tax 0% aligned 87 shared votes
52 Aye 35 No
8 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
24 Aye 5 No
13 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
12 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

79.9 %
7 % above average
Rank 201 of 649
Participation
93.4 %
21 % above average
Rank 7 of 649
1,312
1,643 eligible divisions
Total votes
537
575 eligible divisions
643
49.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
274
51.0 % of votes cast
669
51.0 % of votes cast
No votes
263
49.0 % of votes cast
2
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
7
1.3 % of votes cast
6 years, 7 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

42
-35.6 vs Commons average
Rank 484 of 649
Appearances
67
-10.6 vs Commons average
Rank 318 of 649
52
-85.6 vs Commons average
Rank 494 of 649
Contributions
89
-48.6 vs Commons average
Rank 357 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
£119,230
all imported IPSA years
£332,582
47 % above average
Latest expenses
£119,230
47 % below average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
5
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
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
Brexit / EU
60 of 63 votes
#2
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Trade
47 of 53 votes
#3
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Defence
61 of 70 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Housing
46 of 53 votes
#5
Energy
20 of 20 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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 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
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
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
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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