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Simon Hoare vs Michael Payne

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


Voting alignment

Simon Hoare and Michael Payne voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 310 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 303 different votes 310 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
2 Aye 2 No
Migration 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
8 Aye 5 No
Energy 8% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
37 Aye 46 No
Tax 0% aligned 83 shared votes
46 Aye 37 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 46 No
Tax 0% aligned 83 shared votes
46 Aye 37 No
7 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
27 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
19 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 15 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No
13 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 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
76.6%
4% above average
Rank 276 of 649
1,769
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
452
590 eligible divisions
829
46.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
233
51.5% of votes cast
940
53.1% of votes cast
No votes
219
48.5% 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
24
-59.7 vs Commons average
Rank 580 of 649
129
-16.9 vs Commons average
Rank 246 of 649
Contributions
27
-118.9 vs Commons average
Rank 589 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
£216,868
all imported IPSA years
£272,934
21% above average
Latest expenses
£216,868
4% below average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
10
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
Housing
32 of 32 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Transport
79 of 95 votes
#3
Transport
28 of 29 votes
Energy
58 of 70 votes
#4
Education
48 of 50 votes
Tax
257 of 322 votes
#5
Work / Employment
37 of 39 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