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Simon Hoare vs Graham Stringer

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

Photograph of Simon Hoare
Simon Hoare
Con North Dorset
vs
Photograph of Graham Stringer
Graham Stringer
Lab Blackley and Middleton South

Voting alignment

Simon Hoare and Graham Stringer voted the same way 15% of the time, based on 1,052 shared comparable votes.

153 same votes 899 different votes 1,052 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
42 Aye 64 No
Brexit / EU 62% aligned 106 shared votes
46 Aye 60 No
21 Aye 17 No
Trade 26% aligned 38 shared votes
17 Aye 21 No
51 Aye 30 No
Migration 12% aligned 81 shared votes
24 Aye 57 No
31 Aye 24 No
Transport 9% aligned 55 shared votes
21 Aye 34 No
8 Aye 15 No
Benefits 9% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 13 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 36 shared votes
13 Aye 23 No
8 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
14 Aye 9 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No
8 Aye 11 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 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
57.7%
15% below average
Rank 591 of 649
1,762
2,366 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,364
2,366 eligible divisions
824
46.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
683
50.1% of votes cast
938
53.2% of votes cast
No votes
681
49.9% of votes cast
46
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
112
8.2% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

99
+20.3 vs Commons average
Rank 156 of 649
Appearances
56
-22.7 vs Commons average
Rank 387 of 649
128
-9.1 vs Commons average
Rank 225 of 649
Contributions
42
-95.1 vs Commons average
Rank 529 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
£2,011,354
all imported IPSA years
£272,934
21% above average
Latest expenses
£160,334
29% below average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 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
Migration
123 of 171 votes
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes
#2
NHS / Health
40 of 56 votes
Transport
79 of 95 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
47 of 69 votes
Energy
58 of 70 votes
#4
Housing
44 of 66 votes
Tax
257 of 322 votes
#5
Defence
47 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 20 Jan 2026
Defence
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 20 Jan 2026
Defence
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 20 Jan 2026
Defence
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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