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Simon Hoare vs Sir Julian Smith

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


Voting alignment

Simon Hoare and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 1,515 shared comparable votes.

1,488 same votes 27 different votes 1,515 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
93 Aye 140 No
Tax 100% aligned 233 shared votes
93 Aye 140 No
83 Aye 79 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 162 shared votes
83 Aye 79 No
63 Aye 96 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 159 shared votes
63 Aye 96 No
32 Aye 29 No
Transport 100% aligned 61 shared votes
32 Aye 29 No
19 Aye 38 No
Education 100% aligned 57 shared votes
19 Aye 38 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 28 No
Trade 87% aligned 52 shared votes
25 Aye 27 No
60 Aye 29 No
Migration 90% aligned 89 shared votes
65 Aye 24 No
19 Aye 16 No
Environment / Climate 97% aligned 35 shared votes
20 Aye 15 No
25 Aye 30 No
Energy 98% aligned 55 shared votes
24 Aye 31 No
93 Aye 140 No
Tax 100% aligned 233 shared votes
93 Aye 140 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 334 of 650
Participation
77.4%
5% above average
Rank 261 of 650
1,786
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,871
2,417 eligible divisions
840
47.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
900
48.1% of votes cast
946
53.0% of votes cast
No votes
971
51.9% 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
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

101
+6.5 vs Commons average
Rank 222 of 650
Appearances
104
+9.5 vs Commons average
Rank 208 of 650
132
-32.6 vs Commons average
Rank 295 of 650
Contributions
129
-35.6 vs Commons average
Rank 298 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
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£272,934
21% above average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
5 registered categories
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 212 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
#2
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Energy
58 of 70 votes
#3
Energy
61 of 70 votes
Transport
79 of 98 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
Defence
56 of 71 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
194 of 234 votes

Recent voting overlap

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