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Dr Ellie Chowns vs Simon Hoare

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ellie Chowns and Simon Hoare voted the same way 31% of the time, based on 306 shared comparable votes.

96 same votes 210 different votes 306 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
2 Aye 13 No
Devolution / Local Government 93% aligned 15 shared votes
3 Aye 12 No
21 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 55% aligned 40 shared votes
17 Aye 23 No
12 Aye 14 No
Housing 42% aligned 26 shared votes
7 Aye 19 No
14 Aye 10 No
Defence 33% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 No
4 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
1 Aye 3 No
Migration 0% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
26 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 6% aligned 33 shared votes
7 Aye 26 No
6 Aye 4 No
Energy 10% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
30 Aye 23 No
Tax 19% aligned 53 shared votes
21 Aye 32 No

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

Voting record

80.0%
7% above average
Rank 197 of 649
Participation
74.5%
2% above average
Rank 324 of 649
472
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,769
2,376 eligible divisions
264
55.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
829
46.9% of votes cast
208
44.1% of votes cast
No votes
940
53.1% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
46
2.6% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

232
+148.4 vs Commons average
Rank 11 of 650
Appearances
100
+16.4 vs Commons average
Rank 168 of 650
347
+201.3 vs Commons average
Rank 48 of 650
Contributions
129
-16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 246 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£176,497
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,084,672
all imported IPSA years
£176,497
22% below 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
4 of 4 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
193 of 211 votes
Housing
31 of 32 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#3
Transport
79 of 95 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
#4
Energy
58 of 70 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 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