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Andrew Pakes vs Simon Hoare

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

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Andrew Pakes
Lab Peterborough
vs
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Simon Hoare
Con North Dorset

Voting alignment

Andrew Pakes and Simon Hoare voted the same way 8% of the time, based on 293 shared comparable votes.

23 same votes 270 different votes 293 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
0 Aye 3 No
Migration 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
1 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
4 Aye 7 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 6 No
Energy 11% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
36 Aye 30 No
25 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
5 Aye 25 No
9 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
11 Aye 6 No
Housing 0% aligned 17 shared votes
6 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

71.2%
1% below average
Rank 403 of 649
Participation
74.5%
2% above average
Rank 324 of 649
420
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,769
2,376 eligible divisions
201
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
829
46.9% of votes cast
219
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
940
53.1% of votes cast
13
3.1% of votes cast
Against party
46
2.6% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

78
-4.2 vs Commons average
Rank 272 of 649
Appearances
99
+16.8 vs Commons average
Rank 169 of 649
95
-48.3 vs Commons average
Rank 347 of 649
Contributions
128
-15.3 vs Commons average
Rank 239 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£183,832
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,084,672
all imported IPSA years
£183,832
19% below average
Latest expenses
£272,934
21% above average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
1
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

Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
193 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes
Defence
30 of 34 votes
#3
Transport
79 of 95 votes
Transport
25 of 29 votes
#4
Energy
58 of 70 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#5
Tax
257 of 322 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 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
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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