Rt Hon Richard Holden, MP for Basildon and Billericay
Richard Holden has been an MP since 2019. Currently: Shadow Secretary of State for Transport.
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In government
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Minister without Portfolio (Cabinet Office) (Cabinet Office) | 2023 to 2024 | |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport) (Department for Transport) | 2022 to 2023 |
In opposition
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Secretary of State for Transport (Department for Transport) | 2025 to now | Now |
| Opposition Whip (Commons) (Whips Office (Commons)) | 2024 to 2025 | |
| Shadow Paymaster General (Cabinet Office) | 2024 to 2025 |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL] | 2025 | |
| Procedure Committee | 2024 to 2025 | |
| Seafarers' Wages Bill [HL] | 2023 | |
| Trade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill | 2022 | |
| Online Safety Bill | 2022 | |
| Marriage and Civil Partnership (Minimum Age) Bill | 2022 | |
| Approved Premises (Substance Testing) Bill | 2021 | |
| Finance (No.2) Bill | 2021 to 2022 |
Show the other 5
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill | 2021 | |
| Select Committee on the Armed Forces Bill (2021) | 2021 | |
| Select Committee on the Armed Forces Bill (2021) | 2021 | |
| Public Accounts Committee | 2020 to 2022 | |
| European Statutory Instruments Committee | 2020 to 2024 |
Source: UK Parliament Members API · Parliament’s own page
Declared interests
MPs must publish certain paid work, gifts, donations and other interests. This is a record of what they declared, not a suggestion that anything is wrong.
Richard Holden has 7 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | Google UK Ltd - £628.46 | 21 Sep 2026 |
| Visits outside the UK | International visit to Kenya between 24 May 2026 and 29 May 2026 | 8 Jun 2026 |
| Visits outside the UK | International visit to Zambia between 12 April 2026 and 17 April 2026 | 18 May 2026 |
| Visits outside the UK | International visit to Italy between 17 April 2026 and 19 April 2026 | 18 May 2026 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | London Marathon Events Ltd - £350.00 | 13 May 2026 |
| Visits outside the UK | International visit to Ukraine between 20 February 2026 and 25 February 2026 | 18 Mar 2026 |
| Miscellaneous | Executive Committee Member of the British-American Parliamentary Group. This is an unpaid role. | 9 Jan 2025 |
Source: Register of Members’ Financial Interests · Parliament’s own page
Questions
MPs can ask ministers questions in writing. The questions show what an MP is working on, which votes cannot.
Richard Holden asked 2046 written questions in the last 12 months.
Who they asked
Latest questions
Source: Written Questions API · Updated 4 Oct 2026
Expenses
MPs claim back money for running an office and working in two places. An independent body, IPSA, publishes every claim. This is what was paid in 2025-26.
69 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.
Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data
Election result and area
Richard Holden represents Basildon and Billericay. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.
Conservative
votes ahead of second place
of people who could vote did
Richard Holden won with 31% of the votes, and Alex Harrison (Labour) came second with 31%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Holden | Conservative | 12,905 | 30.6% |
| Alex Harrison | Labour | 12,885 | 30.6% |
| Stephen Conlay | Reform UK | 11,354 | 27.0% |
| Edward Sainsbury | Liberal Democrat | 2,292 | 5.4% |
| Stewart Goshawk | Green Party | 2,123 | 5.0% |
| Christopher Bateman | British Democratic Party | 373 | 0.9% |
| Dave Murray | Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 192 | 0.5% |
2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.
Your area at a glance
Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.
How they vote
In the last 12 months Richard Holden took part in 182 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Richard Holden voted the same way as their party in 180 of the 180 votes where parties gave instructions (100%), and went the other way in 0.
What does this mean?
Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high or low count says nothing on its own about whether an MP is good or bad, and we do not rank MPs by it. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. How we count it
Recent votes
| Date | Vote | They voted | Compared with party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Sep | End of life for terminally ill adults: the first main vote | Against | Free vote |
| 11 Sep | A vote to end a debate | Against | Free vote |
| 10 Sep | Social housing: an attempt to block it | For | Same as party |
| 7 Sep | Health: a proposed change | For | Same as party |
| 14 Jul | Accountability of public officials: a proposed change | For | Same as party |
| 14 Jul | Accountability of public officials: a proposed change | For | Same as party |
See every vote on Parliament’s site
Has this changed over time?
View data table
| Month | This MP | Party average |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Nov 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Dec 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Jan 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Feb 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Mar 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Apr 26 | 100% | 100% |
| May 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jun 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jul 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Sep 26 | 100% | 100% |
Source: Commons Votes API
This page states what the record shows. It does not say why an MP voted as they did. How we calculate this