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Mr Richard Holden vs Sir John Whittingdale

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


Voting alignment

Mr Richard Holden and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,096 shared comparable votes.

1,095 same votes 1 different votes 1,096 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
60 Aye 85 No
Tax 100% aligned 145 shared votes
60 Aye 85 No
83 Aye 39 No
Migration 100% aligned 122 shared votes
83 Aye 39 No
57 Aye 50 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 107 shared votes
57 Aye 50 No
28 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 56 shared votes
28 Aye 28 No
21 Aye 27 No
Defence 100% aligned 48 shared votes
21 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 97% aligned 35 shared votes
18 Aye 17 No
60 Aye 85 No
Tax 100% aligned 145 shared votes
60 Aye 85 No
83 Aye 39 No
Migration 100% aligned 122 shared votes
83 Aye 39 No
57 Aye 50 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 107 shared votes
57 Aye 50 No
28 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 56 shared votes
28 Aye 28 No

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

Voting record

80.0 %
7 % above average
Rank 208 of 647
Participation
80.8 %
8 % above average
Rank 193 of 647
1,285
1,606 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,878
2,324 eligible divisions
629
48.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
892
47.5 % of votes cast
656
51.1 % of votes cast
No votes
986
52.5 % of votes cast
2
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6 % of votes cast
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
34 years, 2 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

49
-15.3 vs Commons average
Rank 363 of 647
Appearances
67
+2.7 vs Commons average
Rank 215 of 647
64
-50.7 vs Commons average
Rank 399 of 647
Contributions
88
-26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 287 of 647

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,267,818
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£332,582
47 % above average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8 % above average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
6 registered categories
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
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
60 of 63 votes
#2
Migration
156 of 169 votes
Defence
53 of 58 votes
#3
Trade
80 of 88 votes
Trade
44 of 50 votes
#4
Housing
46 of 53 votes
#5
Defence
49 of 59 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API