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Simon Hoare vs Melanie Ward

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


Voting alignment

Simon Hoare and Melanie Ward voted the same way 9% of the time, based on 294 shared comparable votes.

25 same votes 269 different votes 294 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 3 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 7 No
Benefits 14% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 No
3 Aye 4 No
Energy 14% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
14 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 31 shared votes
15 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 42 No
Tax 0% aligned 75 shared votes
42 Aye 33 No
16 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
7 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 19 shared votes
14 Aye 5 No
10 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 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
76.1%
3% above average
Rank 284 of 649
1,769
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
449
590 eligible divisions
829
46.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
220
49.0% of votes cast
940
53.1% of votes cast
No votes
229
51.0% of votes cast
46
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
14
3.1% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

101
+19.1 vs Commons average
Rank 162 of 649
Appearances
67
-14.9 vs Commons average
Rank 324 of 649
131
-11.4 vs Commons average
Rank 229 of 649
Contributions
90
-52.4 vs Commons average
Rank 362 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
£195,558
all imported IPSA years
£272,934
21% above average
Latest expenses
£195,558
14% below average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
6
2 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
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Transport
79 of 95 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Energy
58 of 70 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Tax
257 of 322 votes
#5
Defence
33 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

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