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Paul Holmes vs Michelle Welsh

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


Voting alignment

Paul Holmes and Michelle Welsh voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 314 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 307 different votes 314 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 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 10 No
Benefits 13% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No
22 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 48 shared votes
25 Aye 23 No
27 Aye 42 No
Tax 0% aligned 69 shared votes
42 Aye 27 No
8 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 42 No
Tax 0% aligned 69 shared votes
42 Aye 27 No
8 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
2 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 21 shared votes
19 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 19 shared votes
15 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 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
83.0 %
10 % above average
Rank 144 of 650
1,386
1,626 eligible divisions
Total votes
463
558 eligible divisions
688
49.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
240
51.8 % of votes cast
698
50.4 % of votes cast
No votes
223
48.2 % 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
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

95
+24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 127 of 650
Appearances
46
-24.3 vs Commons average
Rank 414 of 650
375
+250.2 vs Commons average
Rank 30 of 650
Contributions
59
-65.8 vs Commons average
Rank 439 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
£179,455
all imported IPSA years
£234,722
4 % above average
Latest expenses
£179,455
21 % below average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Trade
50 of 51 votes
#3
Migration
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 65 votes
#5
Energy
16 of 17 votes

Recent voting overlap

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