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Nick Smith vs Simon Hoare

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


Voting alignment

Nick Smith and Simon Hoare voted the same way 8% of the time, based on 1,274 shared comparable votes.

96 same votes 1,178 different votes 1,274 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
22 Aye 34 No
Trade 16% aligned 56 shared votes
33 Aye 23 No
21 Aye 57 No
Migration 15% aligned 78 shared votes
49 Aye 29 No
14 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 14% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
83 Aye 42 No
Brexit / EU 10% aligned 125 shared votes
48 Aye 77 No
29 Aye 15 No
Energy 7% aligned 44 shared votes
18 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
119 Aye 75 No
Tax 0% aligned 194 shared votes
75 Aye 119 No
31 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 57 shared votes
26 Aye 31 No
21 Aye 29 No
Transport 0% aligned 50 shared votes
29 Aye 21 No
32 Aye 15 No
Housing 0% aligned 47 shared votes
15 Aye 32 No
21 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 45 shared votes
24 Aye 21 No

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

Voting record

74.9%
2% above average
Rank 313 of 649
Participation
74.5%
2% above average
Rank 324 of 649
1,779
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,769
2,376 eligible divisions
1,016
57.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
829
46.9% of votes cast
763
42.9% of votes cast
No votes
940
53.1% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
46
2.6% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

95
+12.9 vs Commons average
Rank 188 of 649
Appearances
99
+16.9 vs Commons average
Rank 163 of 649
125
-17.9 vs Commons average
Rank 246 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

£2,595,067
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,084,672
all imported IPSA years
£251,492
11% above average
Latest expenses
£272,934
21% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
2
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

Education
89 of 96 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
193 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
#2
Housing
59 of 67 votes
#3
Transport
79 of 95 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#4
Energy
58 of 70 votes
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 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