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Dr Simon Opher vs Greg Smith

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


Voting alignment

Dr Simon Opher and Greg Smith voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 386 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 378 different votes 386 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
6 Aye 8 No
Benefits 21% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 No
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
16 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 41 shared votes
23 Aye 18 No
49 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 85 shared votes
36 Aye 49 No
Most different by topic
49 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 85 shared votes
36 Aye 49 No
22 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
12 Aye 22 No
11 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 26 shared votes
15 Aye 11 No
16 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
6 Aye 16 No
16 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 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
88.7%
16% above average
Rank 31 of 649
471
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,471
1,658 eligible divisions
223
47.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
717
48.7% of votes cast
248
52.7% of votes cast
No votes
754
51.3% of votes cast
7
1.5% of votes cast
Against party
21
1.4% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

49
-34.7 vs Commons average
Rank 459 of 649
Appearances
217
+133.3 vs Commons average
Rank 15 of 649
73
-72.9 vs Commons average
Rank 436 of 649
Contributions
259
+113.1 vs Commons average
Rank 84 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
£1,059,267
all imported IPSA years
£204,255
10% below average
Latest expenses
£286,530
27% above average
11
5 registered categories
Registered interests
11
4 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
63 of 63 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
Trade
7 of 7 votes
#3
Trade
52 of 53 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#4
Migration
149 of 154 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API