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Simon Hoare vs Gareth Thomas

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


Voting alignment

Simon Hoare and Gareth Thomas voted the same way 8% of the time, based on 1,244 shared comparable votes.

95 same votes 1,149 different votes 1,244 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
54 Aye 38 No
Migration 16% aligned 92 shared votes
27 Aye 65 No
29 Aye 24 No
Trade 15% aligned 53 shared votes
24 Aye 29 No
59 Aye 104 No
Brexit / EU 9% aligned 163 shared votes
108 Aye 55 No
9 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 No
11 Aye 14 No
Environment / Climate 8% aligned 25 shared votes
14 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
66 Aye 122 No
Tax 0% aligned 188 shared votes
122 Aye 66 No
25 Aye 20 No
Defence 0% aligned 45 shared votes
20 Aye 25 No
17 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 41 shared votes
24 Aye 17 No
25 Aye 10 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 35 shared votes
10 Aye 25 No
13 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 31 shared votes
18 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
66.5%
6% below average
Rank 491 of 649
1,769
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,581
2,376 eligible divisions
829
46.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
56.7% of votes cast
940
53.1% of votes cast
No votes
684
43.3% of votes cast
46
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

99
+16.9 vs Commons average
Rank 163 of 649
Appearances
43
-39.1 vs Commons average
Rank 490 of 649
128
-14.9 vs Commons average
Rank 229 of 649
Contributions
48
-94.9 vs Commons average
Rank 513 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
£2,854,227
all imported IPSA years
£272,934
21% above average
Latest expenses
£293,113
30% above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
14
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
180 of 211 votes
#2
Defence
59 of 71 votes
Transport
79 of 95 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Energy
58 of 70 votes
#4
Transport
70 of 95 votes
Tax
257 of 322 votes
#5
Trade
67 of 91 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