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Ms Diane Abbott vs Simon Hoare

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


Voting alignment

Ms Diane Abbott and Simon Hoare voted the same way 8% of the time, based on 1,213 shared comparable votes.

96 same votes 1,117 different votes 1,213 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
23 Aye 32 No
Trade 15% aligned 55 shared votes
32 Aye 23 No
100 Aye 59 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 159 shared votes
62 Aye 97 No
17 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 No
25 Aye 54 No
Migration 8% aligned 79 shared votes
52 Aye 27 No
22 Aye 20 No
Benefits 7% aligned 42 shared votes
19 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
119 Aye 69 No
Tax 0% aligned 188 shared votes
69 Aye 119 No
21 Aye 19 No
Defence 0% aligned 40 shared votes
19 Aye 21 No
16 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
13 Aye 9 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

64.1%
9% below average
Rank 531 of 649
Participation
74.5%
2% above average
Rank 324 of 649
1,523
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,769
2,376 eligible divisions
850
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
829
46.9% of votes cast
673
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
940
53.1% of votes cast
33
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
46
2.6% of votes cast
39 years, 3 months
Since 11 Jun 1987
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

21
-61.1 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 649
Appearances
99
+16.9 vs Commons average
Rank 163 of 649
28
-114.9 vs Commons average
Rank 581 of 649
Contributions
128
-14.9 vs Commons average
Rank 229 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,702,592
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,084,672
all imported IPSA years
£270,312
20% above average
Latest expenses
£272,934
21% above average
3
3 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

Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
193 of 211 votes
Trade
70 of 91 votes
#2
Migration
129 of 171 votes
#3
Transport
79 of 95 votes
Work / Employment
58 of 77 votes
#4
Energy
58 of 70 votes
NHS / Health
41 of 56 votes
#5
Tax
257 of 322 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Aye
No
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API