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Simon Hoare vs Matthew Pennycook

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


Voting alignment

Simon Hoare and Matthew Pennycook voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 1,472 shared comparable votes.

107 same votes 1,365 different votes 1,472 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
32 Aye 25 No
Trade 16% aligned 57 shared votes
26 Aye 31 No
62 Aye 40 No
Migration 16% aligned 102 shared votes
28 Aye 74 No
12 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 11% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
65 Aye 100 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 165 shared votes
104 Aye 61 No
20 Aye 28 No
Energy 8% aligned 48 shared votes
32 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
84 Aye 136 No
Tax 0% aligned 220 shared votes
136 Aye 84 No
25 Aye 26 No
Defence 0% aligned 51 shared votes
26 Aye 25 No
25 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 51 shared votes
26 Aye 25 No
27 Aye 23 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 50 shared votes
23 Aye 27 No
14 Aye 32 No
Housing 0% aligned 46 shared votes
32 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
82.2%
10% above average
Rank 153 of 649
1,769
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,954
2,376 eligible divisions
829
46.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,084
55.5% of votes cast
940
53.1% of votes cast
No votes
870
44.5% of votes cast
46
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

99
+17.2 vs Commons average
Rank 165 of 649
Appearances
156
+74.2 vs Commons average
Rank 55 of 649
128
-14.5 vs Commons average
Rank 239 of 649
Contributions
667
+524.5 vs Commons average
Rank 9 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
£1,761,831
all imported IPSA years
£272,934
21% above average
Latest expenses
£216,649
4% below average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
1
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
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#2
Housing
63 of 67 votes
Transport
79 of 95 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
Energy
58 of 70 votes
#4
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Tax
257 of 322 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API