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David Chadwick vs Dr Simon Opher

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


Voting alignment

David Chadwick and Dr Simon Opher voted the same way 23% of the time, based on 327 shared comparable votes.

75 same votes 252 different votes 327 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
7 Aye 1 No
Energy 88% aligned 8 shared votes
8 Aye 0 No
7 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 78% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
12 Aye 6 No
Benefits 50% aligned 18 shared votes
7 Aye 11 No
11 Aye 4 No
Housing 40% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 20 No
Education 3% aligned 34 shared votes
21 Aye 13 No
33 Aye 36 No
Tax 4% aligned 69 shared votes
39 Aye 30 No
5 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 5% aligned 20 shared votes
16 Aye 4 No
12 Aye 10 No
Defence 9% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No
11 Aye 4 No
Transport 13% aligned 15 shared votes
4 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

68.1%
4% below average
Rank 463 of 649
Participation
79.8%
7% above average
Rank 202 of 649
402
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
471
590 eligible divisions
216
53.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
223
47.3% of votes cast
186
46.3% of votes cast
No votes
248
52.7% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
7
1.5% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

100
+15.2 vs Commons average
Rank 177 of 650
Appearances
51
-33.8 vs Commons average
Rank 452 of 650
134
-13.7 vs Commons average
Rank 233 of 650
Contributions
75
-72.7 vs Commons average
Rank 434 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£178,068
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£204,255
all imported IPSA years
£178,068
21% below average
Latest expenses
£204,255
10% below average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
11
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

Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#1
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#3
Trade
7 of 7 votes
Benefits
25 of 30 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#5
Defence
33 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API