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Paul Holmes vs Bill Esterson

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


Voting alignment

Paul Holmes and Bill Esterson voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 944 shared comparable votes.

44 same votes 900 different votes 944 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
8 Aye 20 No
Energy 7% aligned 28 shared votes
22 Aye 6 No
15 Aye 20 No
Benefits 6% aligned 35 shared votes
18 Aye 17 No
18 Aye 18 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 36 shared votes
20 Aye 16 No
18 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 29 shared votes
10 Aye 19 No
12 Aye 19 No
Education 3% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 30 No
Defence 0% aligned 48 shared votes
30 Aye 18 No
17 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 44 shared votes
27 Aye 17 No
22 Aye 18 No
Trade 0% aligned 40 shared votes
18 Aye 22 No
11 Aye 28 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 39 shared votes
28 Aye 11 No
18 Aye 20 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 38 shared votes
20 Aye 18 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
71.0%
2% below average
Rank 407 of 649
1,410
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,687
2,376 eligible divisions
702
49.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
943
55.9% of votes cast
708
50.2% of votes cast
No votes
744
44.1% of votes cast
5
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

112
+29.7 vs Commons average
Rank 129 of 649
Appearances
55
-27.3 vs Commons average
Rank 417 of 649
385
+241.5 vs Commons average
Rank 39 of 649
Contributions
78
-65.5 vs Commons average
Rank 407 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
£3,003,108
all imported IPSA years
£234,722
4% above average
Latest expenses
£282,481
25% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
#2
Defence
61 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 44 votes
#5
Work / Employment
63 of 77 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API