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Mr Richard Holden vs Sir Julian Smith

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


Voting alignment

Mr Richard Holden and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,014 shared comparable votes.

1,012 same votes 2 different votes 1,014 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
52 Aye 94 No
Tax 100% aligned 146 shared votes
52 Aye 94 No
65 Aye 55 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 120 shared votes
65 Aye 55 No
73 Aye 31 No
Migration 100% aligned 104 shared votes
73 Aye 31 No
25 Aye 30 No
Defence 100% aligned 55 shared votes
25 Aye 30 No
10 Aye 30 No
Education 100% aligned 40 shared votes
10 Aye 30 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 97% aligned 34 shared votes
19 Aye 15 No
52 Aye 94 No
Tax 100% aligned 146 shared votes
52 Aye 94 No
65 Aye 55 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 120 shared votes
65 Aye 55 No
73 Aye 31 No
Migration 100% aligned 104 shared votes
73 Aye 31 No
25 Aye 30 No
Defence 100% aligned 55 shared votes
25 Aye 30 No

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

Voting record

80.1 %
7 % above average
Rank 203 of 647
Participation
77.3 %
4 % above average
Rank 265 of 647
1,293
1,615 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,804
2,333 eligible divisions
635
49.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
867
48.1 % of votes cast
658
50.9 % of votes cast
No votes
937
51.9 % of votes cast
2
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % of votes cast
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

48
-18.8 vs Commons average
Rank 385 of 647
Appearances
70
+3.2 vs Commons average
Rank 214 of 647
63
-55.7 vs Commons average
Rank 409 of 647
Contributions
88
-30.7 vs Commons average
Rank 308 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
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£332,582
47 % above average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15 % above average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
4 registered categories
5
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
Defence
57 of 64 votes
Brexit / EU
60 of 63 votes
#2
Energy
59 of 67 votes
Defence
58 of 63 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
Trade
44 of 50 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 43 votes
Housing
46 of 53 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
190 of 229 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API