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Dr Simon Opher vs Alex Burghart

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


Voting alignment

Dr Simon Opher and Alex Burghart voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 338 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 333 different votes 338 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
3 Aye 2 No
Benefits 20% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
14 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 33 shared votes
18 Aye 15 No
39 Aye 35 No
Tax 1% aligned 74 shared votes
34 Aye 40 No
12 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
12 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
20 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
8 Aye 20 No
17 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 24 shared votes
7 Aye 17 No
16 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No
13 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

79.8%
7% above average
Rank 202 of 649
Participation
85.1%
12% above average
Rank 90 of 649
471
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,805
2,121 eligible divisions
223
47.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
870
48.2% of votes cast
248
52.7% of votes cast
No votes
935
51.8% of votes cast
7
1.5% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

49
-34.7 vs Commons average
Rank 459 of 649
Appearances
82
-1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 259 of 649
73
-72.9 vs Commons average
Rank 436 of 649
Contributions
136
-9.9 vs Commons average
Rank 225 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£204,255
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,112,100
all imported IPSA years
£204,255
10% below average
Latest expenses
£203,620
10% below average
11
5 registered categories
Registered interests
7
4 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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

#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 188 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Trade
83 of 87 votes
Trade
7 of 7 votes
#3
Migration
154 of 163 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#4
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 49 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API