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Mr Richard Holden vs Yvette Cooper

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 Yvette Cooper
Yvette Cooper
Lab Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley

Voting alignment

Mr Richard Holden and Yvette Cooper voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 810 shared comparable votes.

38 same votes 772 different votes 810 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
12 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 11% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
12 Aye 13 No
Benefits 8% aligned 25 shared votes
11 Aye 14 No
6 Aye 21 No
Energy 7% aligned 27 shared votes
23 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 11 No
Education 7% aligned 15 shared votes
12 Aye 3 No
56 Aye 46 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 102 shared votes
46 Aye 56 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 19 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 46 shared votes
19 Aye 27 No
16 Aye 26 No
Defence 0% aligned 42 shared votes
26 Aye 16 No
20 Aye 17 No
Trade 0% aligned 37 shared votes
17 Aye 20 No
18 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
15 Aye 18 No
18 Aye 12 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 30 shared votes
12 Aye 18 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
62.8%
10% below average
Rank 544 of 649
1,317
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,493
2,376 eligible divisions
645
49.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
855
57.3% of votes cast
672
51.0% of votes cast
No votes
638
42.7% of votes cast
2
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

44
-38.3 vs Commons average
Rank 484 of 649
Appearances
76
-6.3 vs Commons average
Rank 289 of 649
64
-79.5 vs Commons average
Rank 463 of 649
Contributions
1,122
+978.5 vs Commons average
Rank 3 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
£2,905,570
all imported IPSA years
£332,582
47% above average
Latest expenses
£284,172
26% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
6
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Brexit / EU
60 of 63 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Trade
47 of 53 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
176 of 211 votes
Defence
61 of 70 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
Housing
47 of 54 votes
#5
Trade
68 of 91 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
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
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
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
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