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Matt Western vs Simon Hoare

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


Voting alignment

Matt Western and Simon Hoare voted the same way 8% of the time, based on 1,172 shared comparable votes.

88 same votes 1,084 different votes 1,172 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
27 Aye 70 No
Migration 18% aligned 97 shared votes
57 Aye 40 No
25 Aye 26 No
Trade 16% aligned 51 shared votes
26 Aye 25 No
14 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 13% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No
88 Aye 54 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 142 shared votes
55 Aye 87 No
24 Aye 10 No
Energy 6% aligned 34 shared votes
12 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
110 Aye 61 No
Tax 0% aligned 171 shared votes
61 Aye 110 No
30 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 49 shared votes
19 Aye 30 No
18 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 39 shared votes
21 Aye 18 No
22 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 30 shared votes
8 Aye 22 No
20 Aye 8 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 28 shared votes
8 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

74.1%
1% above average
Rank 331 of 649
Participation
74.5%
2% above average
Rank 324 of 649
1,571
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,769
2,376 eligible divisions
877
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
829
46.9% of votes cast
694
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
940
53.1% of votes cast
4
0.3% 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

93
+11.3 vs Commons average
Rank 191 of 649
Appearances
99
+17.3 vs Commons average
Rank 169 of 649
109
-33.2 vs Commons average
Rank 305 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

£1,940,185
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,084,672
all imported IPSA years
£312,296
38% above average
Latest expenses
£272,934
21% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
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

Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
193 of 211 votes
Migration
147 of 163 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 44 votes
#3
Transport
79 of 95 votes
Brexit / EU
165 of 188 votes
#4
Energy
58 of 70 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 46 votes
#5
Tax
257 of 322 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API