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Mr Richard Holden vs Stephen Doughty

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
vs
Photograph of Stephen Doughty
Stephen Doughty
Lab Cardiff South and Penarth

Voting alignment

Mr Richard Holden and Stephen Doughty voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 844 shared comparable votes.

50 same votes 794 different votes 844 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
20 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 10% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
12 Aye 14 No
Benefits 8% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No
6 Aye 11 No
Energy 6% aligned 17 shared votes
12 Aye 5 No
51 Aye 37 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 88 shared votes
37 Aye 51 No
23 Aye 9 No
Transport 3% aligned 32 shared votes
10 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 48 shared votes
27 Aye 21 No
23 Aye 19 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 42 shared votes
19 Aye 23 No
17 Aye 15 No
Trade 0% aligned 32 shared votes
15 Aye 17 No
17 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
14 Aye 17 No
19 Aye 11 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 30 shared votes
11 Aye 19 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
66.5%
6% below average
Rank 490 of 649
1,317
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,581
2,376 eligible divisions
645
49.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
906
57.3% of votes cast
672
51.0% of votes cast
No votes
675
42.7% of votes cast
2
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
19
1.2% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
13 years, 10 months
Since 15 Nov 2012

Debates

44
-38.3 vs Commons average
Rank 484 of 649
Appearances
79
-3.3 vs Commons average
Rank 266 of 649
64
-79.5 vs Commons average
Rank 463 of 649
Contributions
349
+205.5 vs Commons average
Rank 46 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,267,818
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,632,101
all imported IPSA years
£332,582
47% above average
Latest expenses
£294,894
30% above average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
60 of 63 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
Trade
47 of 53 votes
#3
Defence
55 of 71 votes
Defence
61 of 70 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 47 votes
Housing
47 of 54 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 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
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
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
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
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
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
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
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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