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Simon Hoare vs David Smith
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Simon Hoare and David Smith voted the same way 9% of the time, based on 279 shared comparable votes.
24 same votes
255 different votes
279 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
74.5%
2% above average
Participation
69.7%
3% below average
1,769
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
411
590 eligible divisions
829
46.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
202
49.1% of votes cast
940
53.1% of votes cast
No votes
209
50.9% of votes cast
46
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
16
3.9% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Debates
101
+18.9 vs Commons average
Appearances
75
-7.1 vs Commons average
131
-11.8 vs Commons average
Contributions
101
-41.8 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£2,084,672
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£182,965
all imported IPSA years
£272,934
21% above average
Latest expenses
£182,965
19% 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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
No
Aye
No
Aye
No
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API