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Steve Darling vs Simon Hoare

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


Voting alignment

Steve Darling and Simon Hoare voted the same way 79% of the time, based on 268 shared comparable votes.

212 same votes 56 different votes 268 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
2 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 16 shared votes
2 Aye 14 No
4 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
31 Aye 32 No
Tax 97% aligned 63 shared votes
29 Aye 34 No
11 Aye 11 No
Education 95% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No
10 Aye 4 No
Transport 86% aligned 14 shared votes
10 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 1 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
8 Aye 0 No
Energy 50% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
8 Aye 14 No
Housing 73% aligned 22 shared votes
6 Aye 16 No
6 Aye 5 No
Benefits 73% 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

67.5%
5% below average
Rank 472 of 649
Participation
74.5%
2% above average
Rank 324 of 649
398
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,769
2,376 eligible divisions
217
54.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
829
46.9% of votes cast
181
45.5% of votes cast
No votes
940
53.1% of votes cast
7
1.8% of votes cast
Against party
46
2.6% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

137
+55.2 vs Commons average
Rank 82 of 649
Appearances
99
+17.2 vs Commons average
Rank 166 of 649
163
+20.3 vs Commons average
Rank 174 of 649
Contributions
128
-14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 240 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£235,469
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,084,672
all imported IPSA years
£235,469
4% above average
Latest expenses
£272,934
21% above average
7
5 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
0
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

Housing
27 of 32 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
193 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#3
Transport
79 of 95 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#4
Energy
58 of 70 votes
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
#5
Tax
257 of 322 votes

Recent voting overlap

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