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Dan Aldridge vs Dr Simon Opher

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

Photograph of Dan Aldridge
Dan Aldridge
Lab Weston-super-Mare
vs
Photograph of Dr Simon Opher
Dr Simon Opher
Lab Stroud

Voting alignment

Dan Aldridge and Dr Simon Opher voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 367 shared comparable votes.

364 same votes 3 different votes 367 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
40 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 74 shared votes
40 Aye 34 No
17 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 41 shared votes
17 Aye 24 No
21 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
21 Aye 14 No
17 Aye 9 No
Housing 100% aligned 26 shared votes
17 Aye 9 No
15 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 6 No
Benefits 80% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
40 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 74 shared votes
40 Aye 34 No
17 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 41 shared votes
17 Aye 24 No
21 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
21 Aye 14 No
17 Aye 9 No
Housing 100% aligned 26 shared votes
17 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

66.4%
6% below average
Rank 493 of 650
Participation
80.5%
8% above average
Rank 185 of 650
419
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
508
631 eligible divisions
205
48.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
242
47.6% of votes cast
214
51.1% of votes cast
No votes
266
52.4% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
7
1.4% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

19
-75.5 vs Commons average
Rank 609 of 650
Appearances
67
-27.5 vs Commons average
Rank 388 of 650
26
-138.5 vs Commons average
Rank 605 of 650
Contributions
100
-64.5 vs Commons average
Rank 388 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£177,491
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£204,255
all imported IPSA years
£177,491
22% below average
Latest expenses
£204,255
10% below average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
10
5 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

Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
#1
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Housing
29 of 32 votes
#4
Trade
10 of 10 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#5
Defence
33 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025 14 Jan 2026
No rebel
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Reasoned Amendment at Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 55: Value added tax (electric vehicle charging) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
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
Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers 21 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
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