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Shabana Mahmood vs Mr Richard Holden

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

Photograph of Shabana Mahmood
Shabana Mahmood
Lab Birmingham Ladywood
vs
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Mr Richard Holden
Con Basildon and Billericay

Voting alignment

Shabana Mahmood and Mr Richard Holden voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 661 shared comparable votes.

38 same votes 623 different votes 661 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 3 No
Education 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
12 Aye 8 No
Benefits 10% aligned 20 shared votes
6 Aye 14 No
17 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 No
18 Aye 2 No
Energy 5% aligned 20 shared votes
3 Aye 17 No
19 Aye 59 No
Migration 4% aligned 78 shared votes
56 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 52 shared votes
28 Aye 24 No
21 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 34 shared votes
13 Aye 21 No
14 Aye 18 No
Trade 0% aligned 32 shared votes
18 Aye 14 No
8 Aye 16 No
Transport 0% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 12 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

53.4%
19% below average
Rank 611 of 649
Participation
79.4%
7% above average
Rank 214 of 649
1,269
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,317
1,658 eligible divisions
730
57.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
645
49.0% of votes cast
539
42.5% of votes cast
No votes
672
51.0% of votes cast
14
1.1% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.2% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

69
-13.3 vs Commons average
Rank 315 of 649
Appearances
44
-38.3 vs Commons average
Rank 484 of 649
817
+673.5 vs Commons average
Rank 5 of 649
Contributions
64
-79.5 vs Commons average
Rank 463 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,874,401
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,267,818
all imported IPSA years
£287,702
27% above average
Latest expenses
£332,582
47% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
6
3 registered categories
5
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
182 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
49 of 50 votes
Foreign Affairs
51 of 69 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
60 of 63 votes
Trade
59 of 91 votes
#3
Trade
47 of 53 votes
Migration
107 of 171 votes
#4
Defence
61 of 70 votes
NHS / Health
35 of 56 votes
#5
Housing
47 of 54 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
Aye
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