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Simon Hoare vs Simon Lightwood

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


Voting alignment

Simon Hoare and Simon Lightwood voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 492 shared comparable votes.

23 same votes 469 different votes 492 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
5 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 29% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 8 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 13% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
27 Aye 20 No
Migration 11% aligned 47 shared votes
15 Aye 32 No
5 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 53 No
Tax 0% aligned 81 shared votes
53 Aye 28 No
17 Aye 21 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 38 shared votes
21 Aye 17 No
15 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 37 shared votes
22 Aye 15 No
5 Aye 26 No
Housing 0% aligned 31 shared votes
26 Aye 5 No
10 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 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
65.4%
7% below average
Rank 513 of 649
1,769
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
711
1,087 eligible divisions
829
46.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
387
54.4% of votes cast
940
53.1% of votes cast
No votes
324
45.6% of votes cast
46
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
4 years, 3 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

100
+16.3 vs Commons average
Rank 168 of 649
Appearances
86
+2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 234 of 649
129
-16.9 vs Commons average
Rank 246 of 649
Contributions
215
+69.1 vs Commons average
Rank 123 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
£764,432
all imported IPSA years
£272,934
21% above average
Latest expenses
£321,958
42% above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
27 of 29 votes
Transport
79 of 95 votes
#3
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
Energy
58 of 70 votes
#4
Housing
34 of 44 votes
Tax
257 of 322 votes
#5
Transport
26 of 34 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