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Simon Hoare vs Edward Argar

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


Voting alignment

Simon Hoare and Edward Argar voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 1,702 shared comparable votes.

1,668 same votes 34 different votes 1,702 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
99 Aye 149 No
Tax 100% aligned 248 shared votes
99 Aye 149 No
90 Aye 83 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 173 shared votes
90 Aye 83 No
42 Aye 35 No
Transport 100% aligned 77 shared votes
42 Aye 35 No
28 Aye 32 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 60 shared votes
28 Aye 32 No
35 Aye 23 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 58 shared votes
35 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 29 No
Trade 88% aligned 65 shared votes
36 Aye 29 No
69 Aye 43 No
Migration 89% aligned 112 shared votes
77 Aye 35 No
21 Aye 17 No
Environment / Climate 97% aligned 38 shared votes
22 Aye 16 No
75 Aye 116 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 191 shared votes
74 Aye 117 No
99 Aye 149 No
Tax 100% aligned 248 shared votes
99 Aye 149 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 325 of 649
Participation
90.2 %
18 % above average
Rank 17 of 649
1,758
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,130
2,361 eligible divisions
822
46.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,014
47.6 % of votes cast
936
53.2 % of votes cast
No votes
1,116
52.4 % of votes cast
46
2.6 % of votes cast
Against party
2
0.1 % of votes cast
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

98
+20.1 vs Commons average
Rank 158 of 650
Appearances
82
+4.1 vs Commons average
Rank 221 of 650
127
-11.3 vs Commons average
Rank 222 of 650
Contributions
128
-10.3 vs Commons average
Rank 219 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
£1,201,891
all imported IPSA years
£272,934
21 % above average
Latest expenses
£201,413
11 % below average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Brexit / EU
209 of 211 votes
#2
Migration
164 of 171 votes
Transport
79 of 95 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
Energy
58 of 70 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 43 votes
Tax
257 of 321 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes

Recent voting overlap

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