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Mr Richard Holden vs Steve Witherden

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 Steve Witherden
Steve Witherden
Lab Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr

Voting alignment

Mr Richard Holden and Steve Witherden voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 313 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 309 different votes 313 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
4 Aye 4 No
Benefits 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
13 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No
27 Aye 44 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
44 Aye 27 No
5 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
23 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 44 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
44 Aye 27 No
5 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
23 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 18 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
18 Aye 6 No
13 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No
5 Aye 16 No
Housing 0% aligned 21 shared votes
16 Aye 5 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
79.8%
7% above average
Rank 203 of 649
1,317
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
471
590 eligible divisions
645
49.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
244
51.8% of votes cast
672
51.0% of votes cast
No votes
227
48.2% of votes cast
2
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

44
-39.7 vs Commons average
Rank 486 of 649
Appearances
62
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 365 of 649
64
-81.9 vs Commons average
Rank 465 of 649
Contributions
80
-65.9 vs Commons average
Rank 409 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
£141,271
all imported IPSA years
£332,582
47% above average
Latest expenses
£141,271
38% below average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 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
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Brexit / EU
60 of 63 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Trade
47 of 53 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Defence
61 of 70 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Housing
47 of 54 votes
#5
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
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
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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