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Simon Hoare vs Heidi Alexander

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 Heidi Alexander
Heidi Alexander
Lab Swindon South

Voting alignment

Simon Hoare and Heidi Alexander voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 485 shared comparable votes.

13 same votes 472 different votes 485 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
3 Aye 1 No
Digital / Online Safety 25% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 3 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 14 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 10 No
Energy 6% aligned 16 shared votes
11 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
40 Aye 61 No
Tax 0% aligned 101 shared votes
61 Aye 40 No
13 Aye 53 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 66 shared votes
53 Aye 13 No
13 Aye 26 No
Education 0% aligned 39 shared votes
26 Aye 13 No
6 Aye 20 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
20 Aye 6 No
14 Aye 12 No
Transport 0% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 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
61.8 %
11 % below average
Rank 565 of 648
1,734
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
325
526 eligible divisions
807
46.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
159
48.9 % of votes cast
927
53.5 % of votes cast
No votes
166
51.1 % 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
41
-19.4 vs Commons average
Rank 410 of 648
117
+8.1 vs Commons average
Rank 181 of 648
Contributions
408
+299.1 vs Commons average
Rank 20 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
£1,369,392
all imported IPSA years
£272,934
21 % above average
Latest expenses
£178,830
21 % below average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
11 of 11 votes
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 65 votes
#2
Transport
20 of 21 votes
Transport
76 of 87 votes
#3
Housing
26 of 31 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 45 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
5 of 6 votes
Energy
55 of 67 votes
#5
Energy
14 of 17 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Movement of Goods (Northern Ireland to Great Britain) (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Transitory Provision and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2024 11 Dec 2024
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals) Regulations 2024 13 Nov 2024
Aye
Aye
Draft Sovereign Grant 2011 (Change of Percentage) Order 2017 15 Mar 2017
Aye
No
Opposition Motion: Chilcot Inquiry and parliamentary accountability 30 Nov 2016
No
Aye
Renewal of Trident nuclear weapons system 18 Jul 2016
Energy
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day: EU Membership 15 Jun 2016
Aye
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