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Jake Richards vs Simon Hoare

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


Voting alignment

Jake Richards and Simon Hoare voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 283 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 275 different votes 283 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
4 Aye 7 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 2 No
Energy 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
18 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 38 shared votes
18 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 23 No
Tax 0% aligned 57 shared votes
23 Aye 34 No
19 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
7 Aye 19 No
18 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
9 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
11 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

72.4%
same as average
Rank 371 of 649
Participation
74.5%
2% above average
Rank 324 of 649
427
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,769
2,376 eligible divisions
220
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
829
46.9% of votes cast
207
48.5% 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, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

64
-18.3 vs Commons average
Rank 346 of 649
Appearances
99
+16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 167 of 649
217
+73.5 vs Commons average
Rank 118 of 649
Contributions
128
-15.5 vs Commons average
Rank 241 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£187,382
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,084,672
all imported IPSA years
£187,382
17% below average
Latest expenses
£272,934
21% above average
3
3 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

Housing
32 of 32 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
193 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Transport
79 of 95 votes
Defence
31 of 34 votes
#4
Energy
58 of 70 votes
Education
44 of 50 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