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Simon Hoare vs Sam Carling

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


Voting alignment

Simon Hoare and Sam Carling voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 361 shared comparable votes.

11 same votes 350 different votes 361 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
4 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 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
8 Aye 5 No
Energy 8% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
39 Aye 45 No
Tax 0% aligned 84 shared votes
45 Aye 39 No
8 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
28 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 25 shared votes
19 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 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
89.2%
17% above average
Rank 26 of 649
1,769
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
526
590 eligible divisions
829
46.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
275
52.3% of votes cast
940
53.1% of votes cast
No votes
251
47.7% of votes cast
46
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% 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
58
-24.3 vs Commons average
Rank 386 of 649
128
-15.5 vs Commons average
Rank 241 of 649
Contributions
76
-67.5 vs Commons average
Rank 416 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
£150,223
all imported IPSA years
£272,934
21% above average
Latest expenses
£150,223
34% below average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
8
2 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
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Transport
79 of 95 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Energy
58 of 70 votes
#4
Housing
31 of 32 votes
Tax
257 of 322 votes
#5
Energy
19 of 20 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