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Simon Hoare vs Barry Gardiner

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


Voting alignment

Simon Hoare and Barry Gardiner voted the same way 8% of the time, based on 1,253 shared comparable votes.

94 same votes 1,159 different votes 1,253 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
32 Aye 26 No
Trade 16% aligned 58 shared votes
25 Aye 33 No
51 Aye 31 No
Migration 12% aligned 82 shared votes
21 Aye 61 No
63 Aye 86 No
Brexit / EU 9% aligned 149 shared votes
90 Aye 59 No
9 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 25 shared votes
18 Aye 7 No
16 Aye 26 No
Energy 5% aligned 42 shared votes
28 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
71 Aye 123 No
Tax 0% aligned 194 shared votes
123 Aye 71 No
21 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 42 shared votes
21 Aye 21 No
24 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 40 shared votes
16 Aye 24 No
15 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
20 Aye 15 No
8 Aye 16 No
Housing 0% aligned 24 shared votes
16 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
67.4%
5% below average
Rank 473 of 649
1,769
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,601
2,376 eligible divisions
829
46.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
891
55.7% of votes cast
940
53.1% of votes cast
No votes
710
44.3% of votes cast
46
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
18
1.1% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

99
+16.9 vs Commons average
Rank 163 of 649
Appearances
58
-24.1 vs Commons average
Rank 391 of 649
128
-14.9 vs Commons average
Rank 229 of 649
Contributions
94
-48.9 vs Commons average
Rank 352 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
£2,795,864
all imported IPSA years
£272,934
21% above average
Latest expenses
£268,850
19% above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
13
5 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Trade
77 of 91 votes
#2
Transport
78 of 95 votes
Transport
79 of 95 votes
#3
Defence
57 of 71 votes
Energy
58 of 70 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
166 of 211 votes
Tax
257 of 322 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

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