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Simon Hoare vs Catherine West

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


Voting alignment

Simon Hoare and Catherine West voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 1,331 shared comparable votes.

94 same votes 1,237 different votes 1,331 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
61 Aye 41 No
Migration 17% aligned 102 shared votes
28 Aye 74 No
32 Aye 25 No
Trade 14% aligned 57 shared votes
25 Aye 32 No
11 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 26 shared votes
17 Aye 9 No
66 Aye 106 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 172 shared votes
107 Aye 65 No
19 Aye 17 No
Environment / Climate 6% aligned 36 shared votes
17 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
74 Aye 110 No
Tax 0% aligned 184 shared votes
110 Aye 74 No
29 Aye 27 No
Transport 0% aligned 56 shared votes
27 Aye 29 No
21 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 42 shared votes
21 Aye 21 No
21 Aye 20 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 41 shared votes
20 Aye 21 No
12 Aye 23 No
Housing 0% aligned 35 shared votes
23 Aye 12 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
73.5%
1% above average
Rank 343 of 649
1,769
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,747
2,376 eligible divisions
829
46.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
947
54.2% of votes cast
940
53.1% of votes cast
No votes
800
45.8% of votes cast
46
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.5% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

99
+17.2 vs Commons average
Rank 165 of 649
Appearances
47
-34.8 vs Commons average
Rank 464 of 649
128
-14.5 vs Commons average
Rank 239 of 649
Contributions
58
-84.5 vs Commons average
Rank 477 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
£2,012,777
all imported IPSA years
£272,934
21% above average
Latest expenses
£264,778
17% above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
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
Education
86 of 96 votes
#2
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Transport
79 of 95 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
Energy
58 of 70 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Tax
257 of 322 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

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