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Paul Holmes vs Alan Gemmell

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Paul Holmes
Paul Holmes
Con Hamble Valley
vs
Photograph of Alan Gemmell
Alan Gemmell
Lab Central Ayrshire

Voting alignment

Paul Holmes and Alan Gemmell voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 301 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 295 different votes 301 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
5 Aye 7 No
Benefits 17% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
16 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 37 shared votes
21 Aye 16 No
27 Aye 41 No
Tax 0% aligned 68 shared votes
41 Aye 27 No
1 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
24 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 41 No
Tax 0% aligned 68 shared votes
41 Aye 27 No
1 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
24 Aye 1 No
8 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 19 shared votes
15 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

85.2 %
13 % above average
Rank 97 of 650
Participation
80.1 %
7 % above average
Rank 198 of 650
1,390
1,631 eligible divisions
Total votes
451
563 eligible divisions
690
49.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
236
52.3 % of votes cast
700
50.4 % of votes cast
No votes
215
47.7 % of votes cast
4
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

96
+25.0 vs Commons average
Rank 129 of 650
Appearances
28
-43.0 vs Commons average
Rank 547 of 650
376
+250.0 vs Commons average
Rank 27 of 650
Contributions
34
-92.0 vs Commons average
Rank 542 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,091,272
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£170,626
all imported IPSA years
£234,722
4 % above average
Latest expenses
£170,626
25 % below average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
10
4 registered categories
3
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

Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
#1
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
#2
Migration
11 of 11 votes
Trade
50 of 51 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
22 of 24 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 65 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 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
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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