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Simon Hoare vs Olivia Blake

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


Voting alignment

Simon Hoare and Olivia Blake voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 854 shared comparable votes.

56 same votes 798 different votes 854 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
14 Aye 9 No
Trade 30% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 No
10 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 18% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
49 Aye 34 No
Migration 12% aligned 83 shared votes
28 Aye 55 No
15 Aye 19 No
Benefits 9% aligned 34 shared votes
18 Aye 16 No
9 Aye 16 No
Energy 8% aligned 25 shared votes
18 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
55 Aye 82 No
Tax 0% aligned 137 shared votes
82 Aye 55 No
13 Aye 30 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 43 shared votes
30 Aye 13 No
20 Aye 19 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 39 shared votes
19 Aye 20 No
27 Aye 12 No
Transport 0% aligned 39 shared votes
12 Aye 27 No
14 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 37 shared votes
23 Aye 14 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
74.7%
2% above average
Rank 318 of 649
1,769
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,239
1,658 eligible divisions
829
46.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
649
52.4% of votes cast
940
53.1% of votes cast
No votes
590
47.6% of votes cast
46
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
10
0.8% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

99
+17.2 vs Commons average
Rank 165 of 649
Appearances
37
-44.8 vs Commons average
Rank 519 of 649
128
-14.5 vs Commons average
Rank 239 of 649
Contributions
42
-100.5 vs Commons average
Rank 538 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
£1,408,648
all imported IPSA years
£272,934
21% above average
Latest expenses
£300,839
33% above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Education
66 of 69 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
Transport
79 of 95 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes
Energy
58 of 70 votes
#4
Work / Employment
56 of 67 votes
Tax
257 of 322 votes
#5
Transport
53 of 64 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