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Simon Hoare vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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


Voting alignment

Simon Hoare and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 1,419 shared comparable votes.

1,378 same votes 41 different votes 1,419 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
82 Aye 117 No
Tax 100% aligned 199 shared votes
82 Aye 117 No
67 Aye 63 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 130 shared votes
67 Aye 63 No
38 Aye 32 No
Transport 100% aligned 70 shared votes
38 Aye 32 No
21 Aye 37 No
Education 100% aligned 58 shared votes
21 Aye 37 No
24 Aye 30 No
Benefits 100% aligned 54 shared votes
24 Aye 30 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 26 No
Trade 86% aligned 58 shared votes
32 Aye 26 No
42 Aye 34 No
Migration 91% aligned 76 shared votes
45 Aye 31 No
21 Aye 16 No
Environment / Climate 97% aligned 37 shared votes
22 Aye 15 No
19 Aye 19 No
Energy 97% aligned 38 shared votes
18 Aye 20 No
68 Aye 115 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 183 shared votes
66 Aye 117 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
70.4%
2% below average
Rank 412 of 650
1,789
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,704
2,422 eligible divisions
842
47.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
797
46.8% of votes cast
947
52.9% of votes cast
No votes
907
53.2% of votes cast
46
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

103
+7.4 vs Commons average
Rank 216 of 650
Appearances
58
-37.6 vs Commons average
Rank 449 of 650
137
-29.4 vs Commons average
Rank 285 of 650
Contributions
64
-102.4 vs Commons average
Rank 500 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
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£272,934
21% above average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
18
4 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 212 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
198 of 212 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
Energy
58 of 70 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
Transport
79 of 98 votes
#4
Transport
78 of 98 votes
Defence
56 of 71 votes
#5
Trade
72 of 94 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye rebel
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Aye
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API