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Simon Hoare vs Mr Paul Foster

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


Voting alignment

Simon Hoare and Mr Paul Foster voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 321 shared comparable votes.

18 same votes 303 different votes 321 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
4 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
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
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 6 No
Energy 7% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 39 No
Tax 0% aligned 63 shared votes
39 Aye 24 No
8 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
28 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 15 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
15 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
6 Aye 15 No
13 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 20 shared votes
7 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
81.4%
9% above average
Rank 175 of 649
1,769
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
480
590 eligible divisions
829
46.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
240
50.0% of votes cast
940
53.1% of votes cast
No votes
240
50.0% of votes cast
46
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
8
1.7% 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
48
-34.3 vs Commons average
Rank 457 of 649
128
-15.5 vs Commons average
Rank 241 of 649
Contributions
86
-57.5 vs Commons average
Rank 379 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
£194,848
all imported IPSA years
£272,934
21% above average
Latest expenses
£194,848
14% below average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
12
5 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
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Transport
79 of 95 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Energy
58 of 70 votes
#4
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Tax
257 of 322 votes
#5
Transport
28 of 29 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