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Simon Hoare vs Mr Douglas Alexander

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


Voting alignment

Simon Hoare and Mr Douglas Alexander voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 182 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 176 different votes 182 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 5 No
Benefits 25% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
1 Aye 5 No
Energy 17% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
19 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 53 shared votes
34 Aye 19 No
6 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
16 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 53 shared votes
34 Aye 19 No
6 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
16 Aye 6 No
12 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
5 Aye 12 No
5 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 3 No
Housing 0% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 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
46.9%
26% below average
Rank 625 of 649
1,769
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
277
590 eligible divisions
829
46.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
121
43.7% of votes cast
940
53.1% of votes cast
No votes
156
56.3% 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
51
-32.7 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 649
129
-16.9 vs Commons average
Rank 246 of 649
Contributions
224
+78.1 vs Commons average
Rank 113 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
£792,708
all imported IPSA years
£272,934
21% above average
Latest expenses
£91,911
59% below average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Transport
79 of 95 votes
#3
Work / Employment
25 of 39 votes
Energy
58 of 70 votes
#4
Defence
20 of 34 votes
Tax
257 of 322 votes
#5
Tax
63 of 112 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