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Alex Sobel vs Simon Hoare

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


Voting alignment

Alex Sobel and Simon Hoare voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 1,146 shared comparable votes.

78 same votes 1,068 different votes 1,146 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
27 Aye 66 No
Migration 16% aligned 93 shared votes
55 Aye 38 No
17 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 12% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No
18 Aye 29 No
Trade 11% aligned 47 shared votes
26 Aye 21 No
14 Aye 15 No
Energy 7% aligned 29 shared votes
17 Aye 12 No
90 Aye 60 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 150 shared votes
60 Aye 90 No
Most different by topic
102 Aye 70 No
Tax 0% aligned 172 shared votes
70 Aye 102 No
28 Aye 27 No
Transport 0% aligned 55 shared votes
27 Aye 28 No
23 Aye 26 No
Defence 0% aligned 49 shared votes
26 Aye 23 No
18 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 40 shared votes
22 Aye 18 No
13 Aye 22 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 35 shared votes
22 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

71.7%
1% below average
Rank 388 of 649
Participation
74.5%
2% above average
Rank 324 of 649
1,520
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,769
2,376 eligible divisions
824
54.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
829
46.9% of votes cast
696
45.8% of votes cast
No votes
940
53.1% of votes cast
6
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
46
2.6% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

110
+28.2 vs Commons average
Rank 132 of 649
Appearances
99
+17.2 vs Commons average
Rank 165 of 649
138
-4.5 vs Commons average
Rank 218 of 649
Contributions
128
-14.5 vs Commons average
Rank 239 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,003,453
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,084,672
all imported IPSA years
£328,194
45% above average
Latest expenses
£272,934
21% above average
11
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
2
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

NHS / Health
47 of 52 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
193 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
163 of 188 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#3
Transport
79 of 95 votes
Migration
139 of 163 votes
#4
Energy
58 of 70 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Tax
257 of 322 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API