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Paul Holmes vs Joe Powell

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


Voting alignment

Paul Holmes and Joe Powell voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 297 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 289 different votes 297 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
3 Aye 9 No
Benefits 17% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
20 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 40 shared votes
18 Aye 22 No
28 Aye 26 No
Tax 0% aligned 54 shared votes
26 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 26 No
Tax 0% aligned 54 shared votes
26 Aye 28 No
2 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
25 Aye 2 No
10 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
10 Aye 10 No
9 Aye 5 No
Transport 0% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 No
2 Aye 10 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 12 shared votes
10 Aye 2 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
75.3%
3% above average
Rank 304 of 649
1,410
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
444
590 eligible divisions
702
49.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
208
46.8% of votes cast
708
50.2% of votes cast
No votes
236
53.2% 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
91
+8.7 vs Commons average
Rank 204 of 649
385
+241.5 vs Commons average
Rank 39 of 649
Contributions
120
-23.5 vs Commons average
Rank 266 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
£214,410
all imported IPSA years
£234,722
4% above average
Latest expenses
£214,410
5% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
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
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
#2
Defence
33 of 34 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#3
Migration
12 of 13 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#4
Energy
18 of 20 votes
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 44 votes
#5
Work / Employment
35 of 39 votes

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