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Simon Hoare vs Helen Whately

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


Voting alignment

Simon Hoare and Helen Whately voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 1,632 shared comparable votes.

1,595 same votes 37 different votes 1,632 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
88 Aye 146 No
Tax 100% aligned 234 shared votes
88 Aye 146 No
72 Aye 76 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 148 shared votes
72 Aye 76 No
39 Aye 34 No
Transport 100% aligned 73 shared votes
39 Aye 34 No
35 Aye 23 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 58 shared votes
35 Aye 23 No
20 Aye 37 No
Education 100% aligned 57 shared votes
20 Aye 37 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 31 No
Trade 88% aligned 66 shared votes
35 Aye 31 No
68 Aye 42 No
Migration 90% aligned 110 shared votes
75 Aye 35 No
75 Aye 117 No
Brexit / EU 97% aligned 192 shared votes
73 Aye 119 No
20 Aye 16 No
Environment / Climate 97% aligned 36 shared votes
21 Aye 15 No
88 Aye 146 No
Tax 100% aligned 234 shared votes
88 Aye 146 No

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

Voting record

73.9%
2% above average
Rank 334 of 650
Participation
83.4%
11% above average
Rank 120 of 650
1,786
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,015
2,417 eligible divisions
840
47.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
964
47.8% of votes cast
946
53.0% of votes cast
No votes
1,051
52.2% of votes cast
46
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

101
+6.5 vs Commons average
Rank 222 of 650
Appearances
52
-42.5 vs Commons average
Rank 474 of 650
132
-32.6 vs Commons average
Rank 295 of 650
Contributions
74
-90.6 vs Commons average
Rank 462 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,084,672
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£272,934
21% above average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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 212 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
200 of 212 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
77 of 82 votes
Energy
58 of 70 votes
#3
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Transport
79 of 98 votes
#4
Trade
86 of 94 votes
Defence
56 of 71 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API