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Simon Hoare vs Torsten Bell

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


Voting alignment

Simon Hoare and Torsten Bell voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 295 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 286 different votes 295 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
3 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 33% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
7 Aye 6 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 6 No
Energy 8% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
14 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 35 shared votes
20 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 45 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
45 Aye 32 No
3 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
24 Aye 3 No
10 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No
7 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 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
71.7%
1% below average
Rank 387 of 649
1,769
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
423
590 eligible divisions
829
46.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
229
54.1% of votes cast
940
53.1% of votes cast
No votes
194
45.9% of votes cast
46
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

99
+16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 167 of 649
Appearances
65
-17.3 vs Commons average
Rank 340 of 649
128
-15.5 vs Commons average
Rank 241 of 649
Contributions
187
+43.5 vs Commons average
Rank 148 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
£152,220
all imported IPSA years
£272,934
21% above average
Latest expenses
£152,220
33% below average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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 211 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Transport
79 of 95 votes
#3
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
Energy
58 of 70 votes
#4
Energy
18 of 20 votes
Tax
257 of 322 votes
#5
Trade
6 of 7 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