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Dr Simon Opher vs Ben Maguire

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


Voting alignment

Dr Simon Opher and Ben Maguire voted the same way 24% of the time, based on 305 shared comparable votes.

74 same votes 231 different votes 305 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
Democracy / Parliament 78% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 No
8 Aye 7 No
Benefits 60% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 3 No
Energy 56% aligned 9 shared votes
8 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
15 Aye 8 No
Housing 30% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 10 No
Education 3% aligned 32 shared votes
11 Aye 21 No
31 Aye 32 No
Tax 6% aligned 63 shared votes
36 Aye 27 No
14 Aye 1 No
Devolution / Local Government 7% aligned 15 shared votes
2 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 18 No
Defence 12% aligned 26 shared votes
15 Aye 11 No
3 Aye 14 No
Transport 12% aligned 17 shared votes
14 Aye 3 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
60.3%
12% below average
Rank 571 of 649
471
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
356
590 eligible divisions
223
47.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
194
54.5% of votes cast
248
52.7% of votes cast
No votes
162
45.5% of votes cast
7
1.5% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

49
-34.6 vs Commons average
Rank 459 of 650
Appearances
98
+14.4 vs Commons average
Rank 184 of 650
73
-72.7 vs Commons average
Rank 436 of 650
Contributions
114
-31.7 vs Commons average
Rank 298 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
£178,125
all imported IPSA years
£204,255
10% below average
Latest expenses
£178,125
21% below average
11
5 registered categories
Registered interests
6
5 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Housing
27 of 32 votes
Trade
7 of 7 votes
#3
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#4
Defence
27 of 34 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 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