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Nick Thomas-Symonds vs Simon Hoare

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

Photograph of Nick Thomas-Symonds
Nick Thomas-Symonds
Lab Torfaen
vs
Photograph of Simon Hoare
Simon Hoare
Con North Dorset

Voting alignment

Nick Thomas-Symonds and Simon Hoare voted the same way 9% of the time, based on 1,159 shared comparable votes.

109 same votes 1,050 different votes 1,159 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 55 No
Migration 17% aligned 78 shared votes
42 Aye 36 No
21 Aye 29 No
Trade 16% aligned 50 shared votes
29 Aye 21 No
13 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 13% aligned 16 shared votes
5 Aye 11 No
29 Aye 10 No
Energy 10% aligned 39 shared votes
14 Aye 25 No
104 Aye 61 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 165 shared votes
65 Aye 100 No
Most different by topic
101 Aye 61 No
Tax 0% aligned 162 shared votes
61 Aye 101 No
30 Aye 27 No
Transport 0% aligned 57 shared votes
27 Aye 30 No
23 Aye 19 No
Defence 0% aligned 42 shared votes
19 Aye 23 No
14 Aye 17 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 31 shared votes
17 Aye 14 No
16 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

62.6%
10% below average
Rank 549 of 649
Participation
74.5%
2% above average
Rank 324 of 649
1,488
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,769
2,376 eligible divisions
852
57.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
829
46.9% of votes cast
636
42.7% of votes cast
No votes
940
53.1% of votes cast
12
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
46
2.6% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

55
-26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 410 of 649
Appearances
101
+19.3 vs Commons average
Rank 160 of 649
418
+275.7 vs Commons average
Rank 32 of 649
Contributions
131
-11.3 vs Commons average
Rank 229 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,131,457
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,084,672
all imported IPSA years
£255,367
13% above average
Latest expenses
£272,934
21% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
1
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
180 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
193 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes
Trade
71 of 91 votes
#3
Transport
79 of 95 votes
Defence
50 of 71 votes
#4
Energy
58 of 70 votes
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 47 votes
#5
Tax
257 of 322 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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