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Paul Holmes vs Steve Witherden

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


Voting alignment

Paul Holmes and Steve Witherden voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 324 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 318 different votes 324 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
4 Aye 8 No
Benefits 8% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
21 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 44 shared votes
23 Aye 21 No
27 Aye 40 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
40 Aye 27 No
10 Aye 17 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
17 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 40 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
40 Aye 27 No
10 Aye 17 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
17 Aye 10 No
2 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
23 Aye 2 No
10 Aye 6 No
Transport 0% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 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
79.8%
7% above average
Rank 203 of 649
1,410
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
471
590 eligible divisions
702
49.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
244
51.8% of votes cast
708
50.2% of votes cast
No votes
227
48.2% of votes cast
5
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

114
+31.8 vs Commons average
Rank 128 of 649
Appearances
60
-22.2 vs Commons average
Rank 375 of 649
395
+251.7 vs Commons average
Rank 38 of 649
Contributions
76
-67.3 vs Commons average
Rank 418 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
£141,271
all imported IPSA years
£234,722
4% above average
Latest expenses
£141,271
38% below average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 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
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 44 votes
#5
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API