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Paul Holmes vs Nigel Farage

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 Nigel Farage
Nigel Farage
RUK Clacton

Voting alignment

Paul Holmes and Nigel Farage voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 124 shared comparable votes.

122 same votes 2 different votes 124 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
14 Aye 12 No
Tax 100% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No
2 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 21 shared votes
2 Aye 19 No
7 Aye 1 No
Education 100% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 5 No
Defence 100% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 4 No
Energy 100% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 1 No
Housing 83% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
11 Aye 4 No
Crime / Justice 93% aligned 15 shared votes
12 Aye 3 No
14 Aye 12 No
Tax 100% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No
2 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 21 shared votes
2 Aye 19 No
7 Aye 1 No
Education 100% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No

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

Voting record

85.8 %
13 % above average
Rank 91 of 648
Participation
32.3 %
41 % below average
Rank 637 of 648
1,367
1,594 eligible divisions
Total votes
170
526 eligible divisions
676
49.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
84
49.4 % of votes cast
691
50.5 % of votes cast
No votes
86
50.6 % of votes cast
4
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.6 % of votes cast
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

89
+29.1 vs Commons average
Rank 109 of 648
Appearances
14
-45.9 vs Commons average
Rank 600 of 648
360
+252.1 vs Commons average
Rank 27 of 648
Contributions
16
-91.9 vs Commons average
Rank 602 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£1,091,272
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£156,380
all imported IPSA years
£234,722
4 % above average
Latest expenses
£156,380
31 % below average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
35
7 registered categories
0
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
Work / Employment
27 of 37 votes
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
#2
Migration
7 of 11 votes
Trade
49 of 50 votes
#3
Housing
17 of 31 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 65 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
2 of 4 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 41 votes
#5
Defence
10 of 22 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 69 9 Jun 2025
Housing
No
Where they voted the same
No
Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety Work / Employment
No
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill: Third Reading 11 Mar 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 6 11 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 5 11 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 11 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026 11 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
No
No
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026 4 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 20 Jan 2026
Defence
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 20 Jan 2026
Defence
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 20 Jan 2026
Defence
No
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