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Sir John Whittingdale vs Simon Hoare

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


Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Simon Hoare voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 1,562 shared comparable votes.

1,514 same votes 48 different votes 1,562 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
94 Aye 123 No
Tax 100% aligned 217 shared votes
94 Aye 123 No
73 Aye 72 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 145 shared votes
73 Aye 72 No
37 Aye 29 No
Transport 100% aligned 66 shared votes
37 Aye 29 No
35 Aye 19 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 54 shared votes
35 Aye 19 No
17 Aye 37 No
Education 100% aligned 54 shared votes
17 Aye 37 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 30 No
Trade 87% aligned 63 shared votes
33 Aye 30 No
74 Aye 33 No
Migration 88% aligned 107 shared votes
65 Aye 42 No
68 Aye 122 No
Brexit / EU 93% aligned 190 shared votes
73 Aye 117 No
21 Aye 16 No
Environment / Climate 97% aligned 37 shared votes
20 Aye 17 No
94 Aye 123 No
Tax 100% aligned 217 shared votes
94 Aye 123 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

80.2%
8% above average
Rank 191 of 650
Participation
73.9%
2% above average
Rank 332 of 650
1,943
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,789
2,422 eligible divisions
931
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
842
47.1% of votes cast
1,012
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
947
52.9% of votes cast
12
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
46
2.6% of votes cast
34 years, 7 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

87
-8.6 vs Commons average
Rank 287 of 650
Appearances
103
+7.4 vs Commons average
Rank 216 of 650
122
-44.4 vs Commons average
Rank 326 of 650
Contributions
137
-29.4 vs Commons average
Rank 285 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,084,672
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£272,934
21% above average
9
5 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 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
205 of 212 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
193 of 212 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Trade
85 of 94 votes
#3
Energy
58 of 70 votes
#4
Transport
79 of 98 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Defence
56 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

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