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Simon Hoare vs Ben Goldsborough

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 Ben Goldsborough
Ben Goldsborough
Lab South Norfolk

Voting alignment

Simon Hoare and Ben Goldsborough voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 331 shared comparable votes.

13 same votes 318 different votes 331 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 3 No
Migration 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 5 No
Benefits 17% aligned 12 shared votes
3 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 6 No
Energy 7% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 No
20 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 43 shared votes
21 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 43 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
43 Aye 31 No
8 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
28 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No
6 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 25 shared votes
19 Aye 6 No
16 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
7 Aye 16 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
85.3%
13% above average
Rank 88 of 649
1,769
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
503
590 eligible divisions
829
46.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
249
49.5% of votes cast
940
53.1% of votes cast
No votes
254
50.5% of votes cast
46
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.8% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

100
+16.4 vs Commons average
Rank 168 of 650
Appearances
68
-15.6 vs Commons average
Rank 331 of 650
129
-16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 246 of 650
Contributions
101
-44.7 vs Commons average
Rank 334 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,084,672
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£162,821
all imported IPSA years
£272,934
21% above average
Latest expenses
£162,821
28% below average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
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
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Transport
79 of 95 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Energy
58 of 70 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Tax
257 of 322 votes
#5
Housing
31 of 32 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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 Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
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
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
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
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
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Official Controls (Amendment) Regulations 2024 15 Jan 2025
Aye
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