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Dr Simon Opher vs Alan Mak

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

Photograph of Dr Simon Opher
Dr Simon Opher
Lab Stroud
vs
Photograph of Alan Mak
Alan Mak
Con Havant

Voting alignment

Dr Simon Opher and Alan Mak voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 332 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 327 different votes 332 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 4 No
Benefits 11% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
16 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 40 shared votes
22 Aye 18 No
11 Aye 15 No
Defence 4% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No
50 Aye 38 No
Tax 0% aligned 88 shared votes
38 Aye 50 No
22 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
11 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
50 Aye 38 No
Tax 0% aligned 88 shared votes
38 Aye 50 No
22 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
11 Aye 22 No
16 Aye 6 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
6 Aye 16 No
15 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No
10 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

79.6 %
7 % above average
Rank 215 of 650
Participation
85.6 %
13 % above average
Rank 88 of 650
444
558 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,007
2,344 eligible divisions
211
47.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
952
47.4 % of votes cast
233
52.5 % of votes cast
No votes
1,055
52.6 % of votes cast
7
1.6 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

38
-31.8 vs Commons average
Rank 476 of 650
Appearances
14
-55.8 vs Commons average
Rank 602 of 650
58
-65.9 vs Commons average
Rank 445 of 650
Contributions
17
-106.9 vs Commons average
Rank 605 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£204,255
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,951,902
all imported IPSA years
£204,255
10 % below average
Latest expenses
£292,278
29 % above average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
23
5 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
24 of 24 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
205 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
Trade
5 of 5 votes
#3
Migration
156 of 169 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#4
Trade
82 of 89 votes
Defence
32 of 33 votes
#5
Defence
64 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: Amendment 9 20 Oct 2025
Defence
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
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