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Simon Hoare vs Michelle Welsh

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


Voting alignment

Simon Hoare and Michelle Welsh voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 318 shared comparable votes.

11 same votes 307 different votes 318 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 0 No
NHS / Health 33% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 3 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 6 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 6 No
Energy 7% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 46 No
Tax 0% aligned 79 shared votes
46 Aye 33 No
8 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 15 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 19 shared votes
14 Aye 5 No
9 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 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
82.7%
10% above average
Rank 141 of 649
1,769
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
488
590 eligible divisions
829
46.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
248
50.8% of votes cast
940
53.1% of votes cast
No votes
240
49.2% 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, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

99
+16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 167 of 649
Appearances
56
-26.3 vs Commons average
Rank 405 of 649
128
-15.5 vs Commons average
Rank 241 of 649
Contributions
68
-75.5 vs Commons average
Rank 452 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
£179,455
all imported IPSA years
£272,934
21% above average
Latest expenses
£179,455
21% below average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
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
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Transport
79 of 95 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Energy
58 of 70 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Tax
257 of 322 votes
#5
Energy
19 of 20 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