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Darren Jones vs Simon Hoare

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

Photograph of Darren Jones
Darren Jones
Lab Bristol North West
vs
Photograph of Simon Hoare
Simon Hoare
Con North Dorset

Voting alignment

Darren Jones and Simon Hoare voted the same way 8% of the time, based on 1,071 shared comparable votes.

90 same votes 981 different votes 1,071 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
28 Aye 70 No
Migration 17% aligned 98 shared votes
57 Aye 41 No
25 Aye 29 No
Trade 15% aligned 54 shared votes
29 Aye 25 No
17 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 13% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 No
18 Aye 9 No
Energy 7% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No
89 Aye 60 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 149 shared votes
61 Aye 88 No
Most different by topic
100 Aye 50 No
Tax 0% aligned 150 shared votes
50 Aye 100 No
25 Aye 21 No
Transport 0% aligned 46 shared votes
21 Aye 25 No
17 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 33 shared votes
16 Aye 17 No
16 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
15 Aye 11 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

65.2%
7% below average
Rank 516 of 649
Participation
74.5%
2% above average
Rank 324 of 649
1,383
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,769
2,376 eligible divisions
763
55.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
829
46.9% of votes cast
620
44.8% of votes cast
No votes
940
53.1% of votes cast
5
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

49
-32.7 vs Commons average
Rank 448 of 649
Appearances
99
+17.3 vs Commons average
Rank 169 of 649
597
+454.8 vs Commons average
Rank 12 of 649
Contributions
128
-14.2 vs Commons average
Rank 235 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,991,343
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,084,672
all imported IPSA years
£327,479
45% above average
Latest expenses
£272,934
21% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
4
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
62 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
193 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
166 of 188 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes
Migration
142 of 163 votes
#3
Transport
79 of 95 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 46 votes
#4
Energy
58 of 70 votes
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 44 votes
#5
Tax
257 of 322 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
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
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 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
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Electricity Capacity Mechanism (Amendment) Regulations 2024 15 Jan 2025
Energy
Aye
Aye
Draft Official Controls (Amendment) Regulations 2024 15 Jan 2025
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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