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Simon Hoare vs Apsana Begum

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


Voting alignment

Simon Hoare and Apsana Begum voted the same way 9% of the time, based on 835 shared comparable votes.

76 same votes 759 different votes 835 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
18 Aye 11 No
Trade 24% aligned 29 shared votes
10 Aye 19 No
10 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 15% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
45 Aye 33 No
Migration 14% aligned 78 shared votes
26 Aye 52 No
2 Aye 7 No
Digital / Online Safety 11% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
19 Aye 20 No
Benefits 8% aligned 39 shared votes
19 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
51 Aye 79 No
Tax 0% aligned 130 shared votes
79 Aye 51 No
21 Aye 19 No
Defence 0% aligned 40 shared votes
19 Aye 21 No
16 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No
10 Aye 12 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

74.5%
2% above average
Rank 324 of 649
Participation
69.5%
3% below average
Rank 441 of 649
1,769
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,152
1,658 eligible divisions
829
46.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
600
52.1% of votes cast
940
53.1% of votes cast
No votes
552
47.9% of votes cast
46
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
24
2.1% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

101
+19.3 vs Commons average
Rank 160 of 649
Appearances
83
+1.3 vs Commons average
Rank 244 of 649
131
-11.3 vs Commons average
Rank 229 of 649
Contributions
93
-49.3 vs Commons average
Rank 353 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,084,672
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,215,832
all imported IPSA years
£272,934
21% above average
Latest expenses
£255,110
13% above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
193 of 211 votes
#1
Benefits
57 of 68 votes
#2
Work / Employment
56 of 67 votes
Transport
79 of 95 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
Energy
58 of 70 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
36 of 44 votes
Tax
257 of 322 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 41 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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