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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.


Voting alignment

Paul Holmes and Alan Gemmell voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 315 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 307 different votes 315 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
4 Aye 4 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 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
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 13 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 19 shared votes
15 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

85.0%
12% above average
Rank 93 of 649
Participation
79.7%
7% above average
Rank 207 of 649
1,410
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
470
590 eligible divisions
702
49.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
246
52.3% of votes cast
708
50.2% of votes cast
No votes
224
47.7% of votes cast
5
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

112
+29.7 vs Commons average
Rank 129 of 649
Appearances
57
-25.3 vs Commons average
Rank 399 of 649
385
+241.5 vs Commons average
Rank 39 of 649
Contributions
65
-78.5 vs Commons average
Rank 460 of 649

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
9
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
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#3
Housing
31 of 32 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 44 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API