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Cat Smith vs Simon Hoare

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


Voting alignment

Cat Smith and Simon Hoare voted the same way 8% of the time, based on 1,286 shared comparable votes.

102 same votes 1,184 different votes 1,286 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
13 Aye 27 No
Trade 20% aligned 40 shared votes
27 Aye 13 No
26 Aye 71 No
Migration 16% aligned 97 shared votes
59 Aye 38 No
20 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 11% aligned 27 shared votes
10 Aye 17 No
101 Aye 60 No
Brexit / EU 9% aligned 161 shared votes
64 Aye 97 No
23 Aye 23 No
Benefits 7% aligned 46 shared votes
20 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
101 Aye 64 No
Tax 0% aligned 165 shared votes
64 Aye 101 No
27 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 47 shared votes
20 Aye 27 No
23 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 44 shared votes
21 Aye 23 No
6 Aye 24 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 30 shared votes
24 Aye 6 No
17 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

72.5%
same as average
Rank 367 of 649
Participation
74.5%
2% above average
Rank 324 of 649
1,723
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,769
2,376 eligible divisions
931
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
829
46.9% of votes cast
792
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
940
53.1% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
46
2.6% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

21
-61.1 vs Commons average
Rank 589 of 649
Appearances
101
+18.9 vs Commons average
Rank 163 of 649
28
-114.9 vs Commons average
Rank 582 of 649
Contributions
131
-11.9 vs Commons average
Rank 229 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,077,786
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,084,672
all imported IPSA years
£260,697
15% above average
Latest expenses
£272,934
21% above average
1
1 registered category
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

Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
193 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#3
Transport
79 of 95 votes
Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
#4
Energy
58 of 70 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#5
Tax
257 of 322 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API