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Dr Simon Opher vs Debbie Abrahams

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


Voting alignment

Dr Simon Opher and Debbie Abrahams voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 384 shared comparable votes.

375 same votes 9 different votes 384 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
48 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 89 shared votes
48 Aye 41 No
18 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 42 shared votes
18 Aye 24 No
10 Aye 17 No
Transport 100% aligned 27 shared votes
10 Aye 17 No
15 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 14 No
Defence 100% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 12 No
Benefits 71% aligned 17 shared votes
6 Aye 11 No
48 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 89 shared votes
48 Aye 41 No
18 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 42 shared votes
18 Aye 24 No
10 Aye 17 No
Transport 100% aligned 27 shared votes
10 Aye 17 No
15 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

80.5%
8% above average
Rank 185 of 650
Participation
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 409 of 650
512
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,708
2,422 eligible divisions
245
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
929
54.4% of votes cast
267
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
779
45.6% of votes cast
7
1.4% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
15 years, 9 months
Since 13 Jan 2011

Debates

67
-29.1 vs Commons average
Rank 394 of 650
Appearances
65
-31.1 vs Commons average
Rank 406 of 650
100
-67.2 vs Commons average
Rank 389 of 650
Contributions
80
-87.2 vs Commons average
Rank 452 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
£2,973,233
all imported IPSA years
£204,255
10% below average
Latest expenses
£290,169
28% above average
10
5 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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

#1
Work / Employment
72 of 80 votes
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
70 of 82 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Transport
81 of 98 votes
Trade
10 of 10 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
175 of 212 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#5
NHS / Health
46 of 56 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API