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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 508 shared comparable votes.

14 same votes 494 different votes 508 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
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 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
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 27 No
Education 0% aligned 40 shared votes
27 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

74.5%
2% above average
Rank 324 of 649
Participation
63.1%
10% below average
Rank 540 of 649
1,769
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
372
590 eligible divisions
829
46.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
174
46.8% of votes cast
940
53.1% of votes cast
No votes
198
53.2% of votes cast
46
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

100
+16.3 vs Commons average
Rank 168 of 649
Appearances
65
-18.7 vs Commons average
Rank 346 of 649
129
-16.9 vs Commons average
Rank 246 of 649
Contributions
547
+401.1 vs Commons average
Rank 15 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
£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
3
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
13 of 13 votes
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
Transport
79 of 95 votes
#3
Transport
25 of 29 votes
Energy
58 of 70 votes
#4
Housing
26 of 32 votes
Tax
257 of 322 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
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