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Simon Hoare vs Bill Esterson

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


Voting alignment

Simon Hoare and Bill Esterson voted the same way 8% of the time, based on 1,310 shared comparable votes.

103 same votes 1,207 different votes 1,310 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
60 Aye 40 No
Migration 17% aligned 100 shared votes
27 Aye 73 No
33 Aye 24 No
Trade 14% aligned 57 shared votes
24 Aye 33 No
12 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 11% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
15 Aye 29 No
Energy 9% aligned 44 shared votes
33 Aye 11 No
56 Aye 100 No
Brexit / EU 9% aligned 156 shared votes
104 Aye 52 No
Most different by topic
72 Aye 117 No
Tax 0% aligned 189 shared votes
117 Aye 72 No
28 Aye 29 No
Transport 0% aligned 57 shared votes
29 Aye 28 No
24 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 52 shared votes
28 Aye 24 No
22 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 47 shared votes
25 Aye 22 No
27 Aye 13 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 40 shared votes
13 Aye 27 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
71.0%
2% below average
Rank 407 of 649
1,769
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,687
2,376 eligible divisions
829
46.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
943
55.9% of votes cast
940
53.1% of votes cast
No votes
744
44.1% of votes cast
46
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

101
+18.9 vs Commons average
Rank 163 of 649
Appearances
55
-27.1 vs Commons average
Rank 416 of 649
131
-11.9 vs Commons average
Rank 229 of 649
Contributions
78
-64.9 vs Commons average
Rank 405 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
£3,003,108
all imported IPSA years
£272,934
21% above average
Latest expenses
£282,481
25% above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
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
193 of 211 votes
#1
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
#2
Defence
61 of 71 votes
Transport
79 of 95 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Energy
58 of 70 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Tax
257 of 322 votes
#5
Work / Employment
63 of 77 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API