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Simon Hoare vs David Simmonds

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


Voting alignment

Simon Hoare and David Simmonds voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 1,033 shared comparable votes.

1,002 same votes 31 different votes 1,033 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
63 Aye 87 No
Tax 100% aligned 150 shared votes
63 Aye 87 No
55 Aye 64 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 119 shared votes
55 Aye 64 No
26 Aye 24 No
Defence 100% aligned 50 shared votes
26 Aye 24 No
20 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 45 shared votes
20 Aye 25 No
30 Aye 13 No
Transport 100% aligned 43 shared votes
30 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 12 No
Trade 80% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
64 Aye 43 No
Migration 89% aligned 107 shared votes
72 Aye 35 No
22 Aye 21 No
Brexit / EU 93% aligned 43 shared votes
21 Aye 22 No
13 Aye 19 No
Energy 97% aligned 32 shared votes
12 Aye 20 No
63 Aye 87 No
Tax 100% aligned 150 shared votes
63 Aye 87 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

73.9%
2% above average
Rank 332 of 650
Participation
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 130 of 650
1,789
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,418
1,704 eligible divisions
842
47.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
682
48.1% of votes cast
947
52.9% of votes cast
No votes
736
51.9% of votes cast
46
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.6% of votes cast
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 11 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

103
+7.4 vs Commons average
Rank 216 of 650
Appearances
113
+17.4 vs Commons average
Rank 177 of 650
137
-29.4 vs Commons average
Rank 285 of 650
Contributions
171
+4.6 vs Commons average
Rank 203 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
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£272,934
21% above average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
7
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 212 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 154 votes
Energy
58 of 70 votes
#3
Housing
50 of 55 votes
Transport
79 of 98 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
56 of 63 votes
Defence
56 of 71 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
40 of 45 votes

Recent voting overlap

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