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Simon Hoare vs Paul Holmes

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


Voting alignment

Simon Hoare and Paul Holmes voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 1,060 shared comparable votes.

1,025 same votes 35 different votes 1,060 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
61 Aye 91 No
Tax 100% aligned 152 shared votes
61 Aye 91 No
66 Aye 67 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 133 shared votes
66 Aye 67 No
25 Aye 23 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 48 shared votes
25 Aye 23 No
21 Aye 25 No
Defence 100% aligned 46 shared votes
21 Aye 25 No
15 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 44 shared votes
15 Aye 29 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 16 No
Trade 81% aligned 36 shared votes
21 Aye 15 No
62 Aye 34 No
Migration 88% aligned 96 shared votes
70 Aye 26 No
13 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 92% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 No
28 Aye 22 No
Brexit / EU 94% aligned 50 shared votes
27 Aye 23 No
13 Aye 18 No
Energy 97% aligned 31 shared votes
12 Aye 19 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

73.9%
2% above average
Rank 332 of 650
Participation
85.0%
13% above average
Rank 91 of 650
1,789
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,449
1,704 eligible divisions
842
47.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
720
49.7% of votes cast
947
52.9% of votes cast
No votes
729
50.3% of votes cast
46
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 11 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

103
+7.4 vs Commons average
Rank 216 of 650
Appearances
116
+20.4 vs Commons average
Rank 168 of 650
137
-29.4 vs Commons average
Rank 285 of 650
Contributions
330
+163.6 vs Commons average
Rank 63 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,084,672
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,091,272
all imported IPSA years
£272,934
21% above average
Latest expenses
£234,722
4% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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 212 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
64 of 64 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 63 votes
Energy
58 of 70 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 45 votes
Transport
79 of 98 votes
#4
Trade
53 of 56 votes
Defence
56 of 71 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Aye
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API