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Dr Simon Opher vs Matt Vickers

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


Voting alignment

Dr Simon Opher and Matt Vickers voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 333 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 324 different votes 333 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
5 Aye 8 No
Benefits 23% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
14 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 32 shared votes
16 Aye 16 No
46 Aye 39 No
Tax 1% aligned 85 shared votes
38 Aye 47 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
11 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No
16 Aye 4 No
Housing 0% aligned 20 shared votes
4 Aye 16 No
7 Aye 13 No
Transport 0% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
13 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 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
78.5%
6% above average
Rank 229 of 649
471
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,302
1,658 eligible divisions
223
47.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
624
47.9% of votes cast
248
52.7% of votes cast
No votes
678
52.1% of votes cast
7
1.5% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.5% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

48
-34.3 vs Commons average
Rank 458 of 649
Appearances
98
+15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 177 of 649
72
-71.5 vs Commons average
Rank 432 of 649
Contributions
187
+43.5 vs Commons average
Rank 149 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
£1,218,799
all imported IPSA years
£204,255
10% below average
Latest expenses
£295,321
31% above average
8
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Trade
48 of 53 votes
Trade
7 of 7 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
56 of 63 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#4
Migration
136 of 154 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 41 votes

Recent voting overlap

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