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Dr Simon Opher vs Josh Babarinde

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

Photograph of Dr Simon Opher
Dr Simon Opher
Lab Stroud
vs
Photograph of Josh Babarinde
Josh Babarinde
LD Eastbourne

Voting alignment

Dr Simon Opher and Josh Babarinde voted the same way 23% of the time, based on 337 shared comparable votes.

76 same votes 261 different votes 337 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
8 Aye 3 No
Energy 64% aligned 11 shared votes
10 Aye 1 No
8 Aye 11 No
Benefits 47% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
14 Aye 4 No
Housing 39% aligned 18 shared votes
7 Aye 11 No
5 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 10 shared votes
8 Aye 2 No
43 Aye 33 No
Tax 4% aligned 76 shared votes
36 Aye 40 No
15 Aye 14 No
Education 7% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 8% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
16 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 8% aligned 24 shared votes
8 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
70.3%
2% below average
Rank 425 of 649
471
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
415
590 eligible divisions
223
47.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
224
54.0% of votes cast
248
52.7% of votes cast
No votes
191
46.0% of votes cast
7
1.5% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.5% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

51
-33.8 vs Commons average
Rank 452 of 650
Appearances
116
+31.2 vs Commons average
Rank 129 of 650
75
-72.7 vs Commons average
Rank 434 of 650
Contributions
133
-14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 235 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
£181,159
all imported IPSA years
£204,255
10% below average
Latest expenses
£181,159
20% below average
11
5 registered categories
Registered interests
9
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

Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#1
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Trade
7 of 7 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#4
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#5
Benefits
26 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API