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Simon Hoare vs Sir Edward Leigh

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


Voting alignment

Simon Hoare and Sir Edward Leigh voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 1,442 shared comparable votes.

1,392 same votes 50 different votes 1,442 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
85 Aye 145 No
Tax 100% aligned 230 shared votes
85 Aye 145 No
35 Aye 30 No
Transport 100% aligned 65 shared votes
35 Aye 30 No
23 Aye 24 No
Defence 100% aligned 47 shared votes
23 Aye 24 No
31 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 46 shared votes
31 Aye 15 No
23 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 45 shared votes
23 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
59 Aye 32 No
Migration 86% aligned 91 shared votes
68 Aye 23 No
24 Aye 27 No
Trade 90% aligned 51 shared votes
27 Aye 24 No
9 Aye 12 No
NHS / Health 95% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No
68 Aye 108 No
Brexit / EU 95% aligned 176 shared votes
68 Aye 108 No
16 Aye 25 No
Education 98% aligned 41 shared votes
15 Aye 26 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
74.9%
3% above average
Rank 311 of 650
1,789
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,814
2,422 eligible divisions
842
47.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
854
47.1% of votes cast
947
52.9% of votes cast
No votes
960
52.9% of votes cast
46
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
22
1.2% of votes cast
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
43 years, 5 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

103
+7.4 vs Commons average
Rank 216 of 650
Appearances
190
+94.4 vs Commons average
Rank 46 of 650
137
-29.4 vs Commons average
Rank 285 of 650
Contributions
214
+47.6 vs Commons average
Rank 154 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
£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
£272,934
21% above average
Latest expenses
£216,835
4% below average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 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
188 of 212 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
71 of 82 votes
Energy
58 of 70 votes
#3
Energy
56 of 70 votes
Transport
79 of 98 votes
#4
Tax
264 of 332 votes
Defence
56 of 71 votes
#5
Migration
135 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API