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Richard Holden

UK Politicians Twitter/X
#52
X Rank
227,796
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Shadow Transport Secretary
Role
607
Posts
194,648
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16,574
Comments
321
Avg Likes
27
Avg Comments
211,222
Total Engagement
348
Engagement Rate
17.8
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17,458 followers

Data last refreshed: July 17, 2026

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20 posts

I hope the motor industry and @SMMT are taking note. Today, I challenged the Transport Secretary @Heidi_Labour to stop ignoring manufacturers, stop waging Labour’s war on motorists and scrap this d...

Transport & Infrastructure Electric Vehicles Business Regulation Industrial Strategy Labour Party Jul 16, 2026 View on X
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🚨 Labour's flagship ZEV Mandate is only being kept alive because manufacturers are forced to buy compliance credits from Chinese-owned BYD and Elon Musk's Tesla to avoid whopping great fines. Than...

Transport & Infrastructure Electric Vehicles Net Zero Industrial Strategy Jul 16, 2026 View on X
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Sadly, this wasn’t the final result 😢

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🚨 BREAKING - Live from Parliament: Labour U-turn after coastguard chaos 🚨 After months of pressure from @Conservatives MPs - including @JoePJRobertson - @UKLabour have been forced to abandon thei...

Policy Announcements & Government Action Wages & Pay Voluntary Sector Backbench Pressure Labour Party Jul 16, 2026 View on X
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#England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 1 - 0 🇦🇷 #Argentina 🙏 🙏 🙏 https://t.co/5ySZguoZ0M

Culture, Media & Sport Sport Jul 15, 2026 View on X
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I had a really great time meeting Ahmet and his team at the @McDonaldsUK Mayflower store in #Basildon to chat about how they operate and changes that have affected them. Whilst I was there, Ahmet ...

Constituency & Local Issues Small Business Business Regulation Jul 15, 2026 View on X
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🛑🚙 BREAKING: @UKLabour pushing for 20mph on thousands of miles of rural roads 🚙 🛑 🥀 Unbelievably, @UKLabour are copying the failed Welsh Labour’s failed road policy 🆕 Government guidance recomme...

Transport & Infrastructure Roads & Motorways Labour Party Conservative Party Jul 14, 2026 View on X
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✈️ Conservative Peers lead the charge as Labour face a Lords defeat over soaring Airport drop-off charges ✈️ The prices keep rising, but the last review was a decade ago. That’s why I’m deligh...

Legislative & Parliamentary Activity Airports & Aviation Jul 14, 2026 View on X
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We had our first meeting as the Neighbourhood Board for the #Laindon Pride in Place programme. I’ll post more updates as we progress, and of course the team are happy to receive any feedback or su...

Constituency & Local Issues Levelling Up Regional Investment Voluntary Sector Jul 14, 2026 View on X
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I went to visit Farmer Sam and his wife, Holly, at their farm in #Dunton recently to see first-hand how the proposed mega-pylons will affect them. I’m going to keep working with them to deliver be...

Constituency & Local Issues Energy Grid Farming & Agriculture Planning Reform Jul 13, 2026 View on X
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Talk about ‘cut through’ Got sent this earlier by someone non-political who I’ve not seen in years ‘The Count of Dodgy Crypto’ 🤣 https://t.co/G2R5N9xjMM

Memes, Humour & Casual Fraud & Scams Financial Services Jul 12, 2026 View on X
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🚌 No one should have to think twice about getting the bus because of anti-social behaviour 🚌 If we’re serious about growing bus use, we need to make passengers feel safe. @Conservatives will del...

Transport & Infrastructure Buses Public Transport Antisocial Behaviour Jul 11, 2026 View on X
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@StockyMan115 @BenJLTaylor He does.

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Another Tory Gain - this one in #Wales in a Tory/Labour marginal

Party Politics & Leadership Conservative Party Wales Labour Party Jul 10, 2026 View on X
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@sapgasm It’s paused for the time of the by-election. Why is he having the by election? To try and override the process - he’s. Basically said as much himself…

Constitutional & Electoral Reform By-Elections Electoral Reform Jul 09, 2026 View on X
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@Hate_the_EU Why did Nigel call the by-election if he isn’t assuming his own guilt???

Party Politics & Leadership By-Elections Leadership Jul 09, 2026 View on X
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@Colin00007 @apple_shwn Why is Farage running scared of the standards commissioner? What’s he scared of?

Party Politics & Leadership Ministerial Standards Reform UK Jul 09, 2026 View on X
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The #Clacton By-election is about trying to circumvent the due processes of our 🇬🇧 Parliament Our democratically elected House of Commons that comes from our country which is the mother of all Par...

Party Politics & Leadership By-Elections Reform UK Leadership Jul 09, 2026 View on X
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@kylepond Well, they were signed off in 2023, when I was the Roads Minister. Shame Labour cancelled them.

Transport & Infrastructure Roads & Motorways Capital Projects Jul 09, 2026 View on X
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Labour's war on motorists continues. New figures show the number of drivers caught speeding in 20mph zones has surged by over 500% in just one year, with nearly 250,000 motorists penalised over th...

Transport & Infrastructure Roads & Motorways Labour Party Jul 09, 2026 View on X
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Rank History

Jul 2026
-1 #52
Jun 2026
#51
May 2026
-4 #51
Apr 2026
-4 #47
Mar 2026
-4 #43
Feb 2026
+34 #39
Jan 2026
-2 #73
Dec 2025
+8 #71
Nov 2025
#79

Content Categories

Party Politics & Leadership 152
Constituency & Local Issues 87
Transport & Infrastructure 79
N/A 48
Memes, Humour & Casual 47

Topics & Themes

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Top Quartile Benchmarks

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Posts
496
Richard: 622 ↑
Likes
1,277,595
Richard: 196,395 ↓
Comments
112,433
Richard: 16,656 ↓
Avg Likes
1,221.9
Richard: 315.8 ↓
Avg Comments
184.6
Richard: 26.8 ↓
Score
1,502,461
Richard: 229,707 ↓
Posts/Week
14.6
Richard: 17.8 ↑
Avg Post Length
225 chars
Richard: 258 ↑
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