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Mr Richard Holden vs Sir Edward Leigh

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Mr Richard Holden and Sir Edward Leigh voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,047 shared comparable votes.

1,032 same votes 15 different votes 1,047 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
56 Aye 104 No
Tax 100% aligned 160 shared votes
56 Aye 104 No
24 Aye 29 No
Defence 100% aligned 53 shared votes
24 Aye 29 No
26 Aye 22 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 48 shared votes
26 Aye 22 No
32 Aye 15 No
Transport 100% aligned 47 shared votes
32 Aye 15 No
26 Aye 13 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 39 shared votes
26 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 12 No
NHS / Health 93% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
10 Aye 24 No
Education 97% aligned 34 shared votes
9 Aye 25 No
76 Aye 27 No
Migration 98% aligned 103 shared votes
78 Aye 25 No
25 Aye 27 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 52 shared votes
24 Aye 28 No
63 Aye 48 No
Crime / Justice 98% aligned 111 shared votes
63 Aye 48 No

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

Voting record

79.5%
7% above average
Rank 206 of 650
Participation
75.0%
3% above average
Rank 307 of 650
1,342
1,687 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,803
2,405 eligible divisions
659
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
852
47.3% of votes cast
683
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
951
52.7% of votes cast
2
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
22
1.2% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
43 years, 4 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

55
-33.8 vs Commons average
Rank 440 of 650
Appearances
180
+91.2 vs Commons average
Rank 44 of 650
80
-74.6 vs Commons average
Rank 435 of 650
Contributions
200
+45.4 vs Commons average
Rank 152 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
£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
£332,582
47% above average
Latest expenses
£216,835
4% below average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
6
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Brexit / EU
188 of 212 votes
Brexit / EU
61 of 64 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
71 of 82 votes
Trade
50 of 56 votes
#3
Energy
56 of 70 votes
Defence
61 of 70 votes
#4
Tax
257 of 324 votes
Housing
47 of 54 votes
#5
Migration
135 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API