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Dr Simon Opher vs Ian Lavery
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Dr Simon Opher and Ian Lavery voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 406 shared comparable votes.
401 same votes
5 different votes
406 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
79.8%
7% above average
Participation
76.3%
4% above average
471
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,813
2,376 eligible divisions
223
47.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,004
55.4% of votes cast
248
52.7% of votes cast
No votes
809
44.6% of votes cast
7
1.5% of votes cast
Against party
23
1.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Debates
49
-34.7 vs Commons average
Appearances
86
+2.3 vs Commons average
73
-72.9 vs Commons average
Contributions
112
-33.9 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
£3,105,352
all imported IPSA years
£204,255
10% below average
Latest expenses
£309,158
37% above average
11
5 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API