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Simon Hoare vs Paula Barker

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


Voting alignment

Simon Hoare and Paula Barker voted the same way 8% of the time, based on 939 shared comparable votes.

73 same votes 866 different votes 939 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
17 Aye 13 No
Trade 23% aligned 30 shared votes
12 Aye 18 No
54 Aye 31 No
Migration 19% aligned 85 shared votes
19 Aye 66 No
12 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 13% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
17 Aye 20 No
Benefits 11% aligned 37 shared votes
18 Aye 19 No
18 Aye 18 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 36 shared votes
19 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
49 Aye 83 No
Tax 0% aligned 132 shared votes
83 Aye 49 No
27 Aye 26 No
Defence 0% aligned 53 shared votes
26 Aye 27 No
16 Aye 31 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 47 shared votes
31 Aye 16 No
14 Aye 30 No
Housing 0% aligned 44 shared votes
30 Aye 14 No
20 Aye 22 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 42 shared votes
22 Aye 20 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
79.1%
6% above average
Rank 222 of 649
1,769
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,311
1,658 eligible divisions
829
46.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
683
52.1% of votes cast
940
53.1% of votes cast
No votes
628
47.9% of votes cast
46
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

99
+17.3 vs Commons average
Rank 169 of 649
Appearances
79
-2.7 vs Commons average
Rank 269 of 649
128
-14.2 vs Commons average
Rank 235 of 649
Contributions
82
-60.2 vs Commons average
Rank 389 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
£1,383,596
all imported IPSA years
£272,934
21% above average
Latest expenses
£322,425
43% above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
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
Housing
52 of 54 votes
#2
NHS / Health
45 of 47 votes
Transport
79 of 95 votes
#3
Defence
67 of 70 votes
Energy
58 of 70 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
Tax
257 of 322 votes
#5
Work / Employment
60 of 67 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