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Simon Hoare vs Ashley Dalton

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

Photograph of Simon Hoare
Simon Hoare
Con North Dorset
vs
Photograph of Ashley Dalton
Ashley Dalton
Lab West Lancashire

Voting alignment

Simon Hoare and Ashley Dalton voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 386 shared comparable votes.

22 same votes 364 different votes 386 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
2 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
6 Aye 1 No
NHS / Health 29% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 8 No
Benefits 14% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
25 Aye 17 No
Migration 7% aligned 42 shared votes
14 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 42 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
42 Aye 31 No
10 Aye 20 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
11 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No
6 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 23 shared votes
17 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 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
63.6%
9% below average
Rank 532 of 649
1,769
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
590
928 eligible divisions
829
46.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
277
46.9% of votes cast
940
53.1% of votes cast
No votes
313
53.1% of votes cast
46
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.8% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
3 years, 7 months
Since 9 Feb 2023

Debates

99
+16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 167 of 649
Appearances
47
-35.3 vs Commons average
Rank 467 of 649
128
-15.5 vs Commons average
Rank 241 of 649
Contributions
111
-32.5 vs Commons average
Rank 301 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
£607,098
all imported IPSA years
£272,934
21% above average
Latest expenses
£323,917
43% above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Brexit / EU
6 of 6 votes
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes
#2
NHS / Health
16 of 17 votes
Transport
79 of 95 votes
#3
Migration
79 of 96 votes
Energy
58 of 70 votes
#4
Trade
15 of 19 votes
Tax
257 of 322 votes
#5
Energy
23 of 32 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
Aye
Draft Electricity Capacity Mechanism (Amendment) Regulations 2024 15 Jan 2025
Energy
Aye
Aye
Draft Official Controls (Amendment) Regulations 2024 15 Jan 2025
Aye
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