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Dr Simon Opher vs Chris Coghlan

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


Voting alignment

Dr Simon Opher and Chris Coghlan voted the same way 21% of the time, based on 270 shared comparable votes.

56 same votes 214 different votes 270 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
2 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 67% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 10 No
Benefits 53% aligned 15 shared votes
12 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 3 No
Energy 50% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No
6 Aye 3 No
Housing 44% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 38% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
1 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
32 Aye 33 No
Tax 5% aligned 65 shared votes
36 Aye 29 No
7 Aye 10 No
Defence 6% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
17 Aye 13 No
Education 7% aligned 30 shared votes
15 Aye 15 No
8 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 11% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

80.0%
7% above average
Rank 197 of 650
Participation
52.8%
20% below average
Rank 616 of 650
476
595 eligible divisions
Total votes
314
595 eligible divisions
225
47.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
184
58.6% of votes cast
251
52.7% of votes cast
No votes
130
41.4% of votes cast
7
1.5% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

51
-33.7 vs Commons average
Rank 451 of 650
Appearances
58
-26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 406 of 650
75
-72.7 vs Commons average
Rank 434 of 650
Contributions
70
-77.7 vs Commons average
Rank 451 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
£188,989
all imported IPSA years
£204,255
10% below average
Latest expenses
£188,989
16% below average
11
5 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
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

#1
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
NHS / Health
8 of 11 votes
Trade
7 of 7 votes
#3
Work / Employment
27 of 39 votes
Foreign Affairs
5 of 5 votes
#4
Education
33 of 50 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#5
Tax
70 of 112 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