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Simon Hoare vs Claire Hughes

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


Voting alignment

Simon Hoare and Claire Hughes voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 348 shared comparable votes.

10 same votes 338 different votes 348 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
3 Aye 3 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 7 No
Benefits 14% aligned 14 shared votes
5 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
16 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 38 shared votes
21 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 47 No
Tax 0% aligned 84 shared votes
47 Aye 37 No
8 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
21 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
19 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 15 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No
13 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 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
89.8%
17% above average
Rank 22 of 649
1,769
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
530
590 eligible divisions
829
46.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
271
51.1% of votes cast
940
53.1% of votes cast
No votes
259
48.9% of votes cast
46
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

99
+16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 167 of 649
Appearances
0
-82.3 vs Commons average
Rank 644 of 649
128
-15.5 vs Commons average
Rank 241 of 649
Contributions
0
-143.5 vs Commons average
Rank 643 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
£180,797
all imported IPSA years
£272,934
21% above average
Latest expenses
£180,797
20% below average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
Housing
32 of 32 votes
#2
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Transport
79 of 95 votes
#3
Energy
58 of 70 votes
#4
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Tax
257 of 322 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 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