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Dr Simon Opher vs David Simmonds
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Dr Simon Opher and David Simmonds voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 346 shared comparable votes.
8 same votes
338 different votes
346 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
80.5%
8% above average
Participation
83.2%
11% above average
508
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,413
1,699 eligible divisions
242
47.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
680
48.1% of votes cast
266
52.4% of votes cast
No votes
733
51.9% of votes cast
7
1.4% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.6% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Debates
69
-25.6 vs Commons average
Appearances
111
+16.4 vs Commons average
103
-61.8 vs Commons average
Contributions
168
+3.2 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£204,255
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£204,255
10% below average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12% above average
10
5 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Aye
No
Aye
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process
21 Oct 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API