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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 1,060 shared comparable votes.

1,058 same votes 2 different votes 1,060 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
55 Aye 94 No
Tax 100% aligned 149 shared votes
55 Aye 94 No
68 Aye 56 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 124 shared votes
68 Aye 56 No
74 Aye 31 No
Migration 100% aligned 105 shared votes
74 Aye 31 No
26 Aye 31 No
Defence 100% aligned 57 shared votes
26 Aye 31 No
28 Aye 14 No
Transport 100% aligned 42 shared votes
28 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 97% aligned 34 shared votes
19 Aye 15 No
55 Aye 94 No
Tax 100% aligned 149 shared votes
55 Aye 94 No
68 Aye 56 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 124 shared votes
68 Aye 56 No
74 Aye 31 No
Migration 100% aligned 105 shared votes
74 Aye 31 No
26 Aye 31 No
Defence 100% aligned 57 shared votes
26 Aye 31 No

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

Voting record

79.6%
7% above average
Rank 205 of 650
Participation
77.4%
5% above average
Rank 262 of 650
1,343
1,688 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,862
2,406 eligible divisions
659
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
898
48.2% of votes cast
684
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
964
51.8% of votes cast
2
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

59
-33.1 vs Commons average
Rank 425 of 650
Appearances
106
+13.9 vs Commons average
Rank 184 of 650
86
-74.1 vs Commons average
Rank 420 of 650
Contributions
131
-29.1 vs Commons average
Rank 288 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
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£332,582
47% above average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
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
62 of 63 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
Brexit / EU
61 of 64 votes
#2
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Trade
50 of 56 votes
#3
Energy
61 of 70 votes
Defence
61 of 70 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
Housing
47 of 54 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
194 of 234 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API