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Matt Bishop vs Simon Hoare

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


Voting alignment

Matt Bishop and Simon Hoare voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 220 shared comparable votes.

11 same votes 209 different votes 220 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
3 Aye 9 No
Benefits 17% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 2 No
Energy 11% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
11 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 27 shared votes
15 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 26 No
Tax 0% aligned 61 shared votes
26 Aye 35 No
11 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 16 shared votes
5 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 4 No
Education 0% aligned 14 shared votes
4 Aye 10 No
3 Aye 6 No
Housing 0% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

52.9%
20% below average
Rank 615 of 649
Participation
74.5%
2% above average
Rank 324 of 649
312
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,769
2,376 eligible divisions
145
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
829
46.9% of votes cast
167
53.5% of votes cast
No votes
940
53.1% of votes cast
1
0.3% 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

34
-49.7 vs Commons average
Rank 535 of 649
Appearances
100
+16.3 vs Commons average
Rank 168 of 649
45
-100.9 vs Commons average
Rank 529 of 649
Contributions
129
-16.9 vs Commons average
Rank 246 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£157,583
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,084,672
all imported IPSA years
£157,583
30% below average
Latest expenses
£272,934
21% above average
6
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
0
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

Tax
77 of 112 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
193 of 211 votes
Energy
13 of 20 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 14 votes
#3
Transport
79 of 95 votes
Digital / Online Safety
7 of 11 votes
#4
Energy
58 of 70 votes
NHS / Health
7 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