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Simon Hoare vs Steve Barclay

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


Voting alignment

Simon Hoare and Steve Barclay voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 1,413 shared comparable votes.

1,382 same votes 31 different votes 1,413 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
81 Aye 122 No
Tax 100% aligned 203 shared votes
81 Aye 122 No
35 Aye 26 No
Transport 100% aligned 61 shared votes
35 Aye 26 No
32 Aye 18 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 50 shared votes
32 Aye 18 No
19 Aye 30 No
Education 100% aligned 49 shared votes
19 Aye 30 No
22 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 47 shared votes
22 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
55 Aye 40 No
Migration 88% aligned 95 shared votes
62 Aye 33 No
22 Aye 26 No
Trade 92% aligned 48 shared votes
26 Aye 22 No
72 Aye 105 No
Brexit / EU 97% aligned 177 shared votes
69 Aye 108 No
20 Aye 16 No
Environment / Climate 97% aligned 36 shared votes
21 Aye 15 No
17 Aye 25 No
Energy 98% aligned 42 shared votes
16 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 334 of 650
Participation
71.6%
1% below average
Rank 390 of 650
1,786
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,731
2,417 eligible divisions
840
47.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
826
47.7% of votes cast
946
53.0% of votes cast
No votes
905
52.3% of votes cast
46
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% 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
94
-0.5 vs Commons average
Rank 244 of 650
132
-32.6 vs Commons average
Rank 295 of 650
Contributions
139
-25.6 vs Commons average
Rank 275 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
£2,422,084
all imported IPSA years
£272,934
21% above average
Latest expenses
£231,894
3% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
4 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
193 of 212 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
Energy
58 of 70 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Transport
79 of 98 votes
#4
Defence
56 of 71 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
176 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