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Simon Hoare vs Gregory Stafford

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 Gregory Stafford
Gregory Stafford
Con Farnham and Bordon

Voting alignment

Simon Hoare and Gregory Stafford voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 271 shared comparable votes.

269 same votes 2 different votes 271 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
30 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 71 shared votes
30 Aye 41 No
19 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 39 shared votes
19 Aye 20 No
8 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
10 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 No
6 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 6 No
Energy 89% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No
30 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 71 shared votes
30 Aye 41 No
19 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 39 shared votes
19 Aye 20 No
8 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
10 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

75.0 %
2 % above average
Rank 323 of 648
Participation
76.8 %
4 % above average
Rank 280 of 648
1,734
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
404
526 eligible divisions
807
46.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
181
44.8 % of votes cast
927
53.5 % of votes cast
No votes
223
55.2 % of votes cast
46
2.7 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

81
+20.6 vs Commons average
Rank 138 of 648
Appearances
107
+46.6 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 648
117
+8.1 vs Commons average
Rank 181 of 648
Contributions
214
+105.1 vs Commons average
Rank 65 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,084,672
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£192,386
all imported IPSA years
£272,934
21 % above average
Latest expenses
£192,386
15 % below average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
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

Brexit / EU
193 of 211 votes
#1
Tax
98 of 108 votes
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 65 votes
#2
Crime / Justice
53 of 61 votes
Transport
76 of 87 votes
#3
Defence
19 of 22 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 45 votes
#4
Transport
18 of 21 votes
Energy
55 of 67 votes
#5
Work / Employment
31 of 37 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Draft Electricity Capacity Mechanism (Amendment) Regulations 2024 15 Jan 2025
Energy
No
Aye rebel
Draft Official Controls (Amendment) Regulations 2024 15 Jan 2025
No
Where they voted the same
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 98 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 41 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 37 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 36 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 26 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
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