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Simon Hoare vs Mr James Frith

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

Photograph of Simon Hoare
Simon Hoare
Con North Dorset
vs
Photograph of Mr James Frith
Mr James Frith
Lab Bury North

Voting alignment

Simon Hoare and Mr James Frith voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 627 shared comparable votes.

43 same votes 584 different votes 627 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 2 No
NHS / Health 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 11 No
Benefits 12% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
3 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 3 No
Migration 10% aligned 10 shared votes
2 Aye 8 No
26 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 43 shared votes
16 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
42 Aye 69 No
Tax 0% aligned 111 shared votes
69 Aye 42 No
11 Aye 23 No
Transport 0% aligned 34 shared votes
23 Aye 11 No
12 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
22 Aye 12 No
9 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
6 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 15 shared votes
9 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
75.6%
3% above average
Rank 297 of 649
1,769
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
446
590 eligible divisions
829
46.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
219
49.1% of votes cast
940
53.1% of votes cast
No votes
227
50.9% of votes cast
46
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
11
2.5% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

99
+17.2 vs Commons average
Rank 165 of 649
Appearances
30
-51.8 vs Commons average
Rank 553 of 649
128
-14.5 vs Commons average
Rank 239 of 649
Contributions
46
-96.5 vs Commons average
Rank 518 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
£817,882
all imported IPSA years
£272,934
21% above average
Latest expenses
£210,945
7% below average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 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
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Transport
79 of 95 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
Energy
58 of 70 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Tax
257 of 322 votes
#5
Education
46 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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