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Mr Richard Holden vs Sojan Joseph

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
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Photograph of Sojan Joseph
Sojan Joseph
Lab Ashford

Voting alignment

Mr Richard Holden and Sojan Joseph voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 364 shared comparable votes.

16 same votes 348 different votes 364 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
37 Aye 53 No
Tax 0% aligned 90 shared votes
53 Aye 37 No
9 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
23 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 53 No
Tax 0% aligned 90 shared votes
53 Aye 37 No
9 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
23 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
23 Aye 5 No
13 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
13 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

79.4%
7% above average
Rank 214 of 649
Participation
93.6%
21% above average
Rank 4 of 649
1,317
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
552
590 eligible divisions
645
49.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
276
50.0% of votes cast
672
51.0% of votes cast
No votes
276
50.0% of votes cast
2
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
14
2.5% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

44
-39.6 vs Commons average
Rank 486 of 650
Appearances
79
-4.6 vs Commons average
Rank 276 of 650
64
-81.7 vs Commons average
Rank 465 of 650
Contributions
95
-50.7 vs Commons average
Rank 357 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
£158,669
all imported IPSA years
£332,582
47% above average
Latest expenses
£158,669
30% below average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
7
4 registered categories
6
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
Education
50 of 50 votes
Brexit / EU
60 of 63 votes
#2
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Trade
47 of 53 votes
#3
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Defence
61 of 70 votes
#4
Transport
29 of 29 votes
Housing
47 of 54 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
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 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
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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