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Lisa Smart vs Simon Hoare

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


Voting alignment

Lisa Smart and Simon Hoare voted the same way 79% of the time, based on 271 shared comparable votes.

214 same votes 57 different votes 271 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
7 Aye 4 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 3 No
Transport 100% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
11 Aye 11 No
Education 95% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No
30 Aye 31 No
Tax 95% aligned 61 shared votes
27 Aye 34 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
8 Aye 0 No
Energy 50% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
9 Aye 5 No
Housing 57% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 No
6 Aye 5 No
Benefits 64% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

66.2%
6% below average
Rank 494 of 650
Participation
73.9%
2% above average
Rank 334 of 650
418
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,786
2,417 eligible divisions
232
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
840
47.0% of votes cast
186
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
946
53.0% of votes cast
2
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
46
2.6% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

199
+104.8 vs Commons average
Rank 35 of 650
Appearances
101
+6.8 vs Commons average
Rank 223 of 650
276
+111.9 vs Commons average
Rank 95 of 650
Contributions
132
-32.1 vs Commons average
Rank 295 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£239,061
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,084,672
all imported IPSA years
£239,061
6% above average
Latest expenses
£272,934
21% above average
25
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
3
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

Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
193 of 212 votes
Education
43 of 50 votes
#3
Energy
58 of 70 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#4
Transport
79 of 98 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 10 votes
#5
Defence
56 of 71 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