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Paul Holmes vs Patricia Ferguson

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


Voting alignment

Paul Holmes and Patricia Ferguson voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 298 shared comparable votes.

18 same votes 280 different votes 298 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 9 No
Benefits 14% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
23 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 11% aligned 46 shared votes
22 Aye 24 No
21 Aye 40 No
Tax 0% aligned 61 shared votes
40 Aye 21 No
1 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 21 shared votes
20 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 40 No
Tax 0% aligned 61 shared votes
40 Aye 21 No
1 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 21 shared votes
20 Aye 1 No
7 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
11 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 11 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 15 shared votes
11 Aye 4 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
78.1%
6% above average
Rank 240 of 649
1,410
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
461
590 eligible divisions
702
49.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
234
50.8% of votes cast
708
50.2% of votes cast
No votes
227
49.2% of votes cast
5
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
18
3.9% 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
87
+4.7 vs Commons average
Rank 225 of 649
385
+241.5 vs Commons average
Rank 39 of 649
Contributions
111
-32.5 vs Commons average
Rank 303 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
£151,093
all imported IPSA years
£234,722
4% above average
Latest expenses
£151,093
33% below average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
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
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#3
Energy
18 of 20 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#4
Defence
30 of 34 votes
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 44 votes
#5
Benefits
26 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API