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Bradley Thomas vs Dr Simon Opher

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

Photograph of Bradley Thomas
Bradley Thomas
Con Bromsgrove
vs
Photograph of Dr Simon Opher
Dr Simon Opher
Lab Stroud

Voting alignment

Bradley Thomas and Dr Simon Opher voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 423 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 415 different votes 423 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
5 Aye 9 No
Benefits 21% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
25 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 44 shared votes
17 Aye 27 No
41 Aye 52 No
Tax 0% aligned 93 shared votes
52 Aye 41 No
Most different by topic
41 Aye 52 No
Tax 0% aligned 93 shared votes
52 Aye 41 No
13 Aye 24 No
Education 0% aligned 37 shared votes
24 Aye 13 No
17 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
7 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
20 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 21 shared votes
16 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

81.1%
9% above average
Rank 174 of 650
Participation
80.3%
8% above average
Rank 187 of 650
503
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
498
620 eligible divisions
233
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
235
47.2% of votes cast
270
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
263
52.8% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
7
1.4% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

188
+97.0 vs Commons average
Rank 39 of 650
Appearances
61
-30.0 vs Commons average
Rank 406 of 650
282
+123.5 vs Commons average
Rank 85 of 650
Contributions
94
-64.5 vs Commons average
Rank 392 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£215,617
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£204,255
all imported IPSA years
£215,617
5% below average
Latest expenses
£204,255
10% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
11
5 registered categories
2
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

Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#1
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Work / Employment
41 of 42 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Trade
9 of 10 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Crime / Justice
59 of 66 votes
#4
Trade
10 of 10 votes
Tax
101 of 114 votes
#5
Defence
33 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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