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Dr Simon Opher vs Ms Diane Abbott

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


Voting alignment

Dr Simon Opher and Ms Diane Abbott voted the same way 94% of the time, based on 266 shared comparable votes.

249 same votes 17 different votes 266 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
31 Aye 25 No
Tax 100% aligned 56 shared votes
31 Aye 25 No
12 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 31 shared votes
12 Aye 19 No
12 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
11 Aye 8 No
Housing 100% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
1 Aye 4 No
Migration 60% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 10 No
Benefits 87% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No
3 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 91% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
31 Aye 25 No
Tax 100% aligned 56 shared votes
31 Aye 25 No
12 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 31 shared votes
12 Aye 19 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 206 of 650
Participation
64.6 %
8 % below average
Rank 524 of 650
450
564 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,519
2,350 eligible divisions
214
47.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
850
56.0 % of votes cast
236
52.4 % of votes cast
No votes
669
44.0 % of votes cast
7
1.6 % of votes cast
Against party
31
2.0 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
39 years, 0 months
Since 11 Jun 1987

Debates

39
-32.9 vs Commons average
Rank 476 of 650
Appearances
12
-59.9 vs Commons average
Rank 611 of 650
59
-68.6 vs Commons average
Rank 447 of 650
Contributions
15
-112.6 vs Commons average
Rank 609 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
£2,702,592
all imported IPSA years
£204,255
10 % below average
Latest expenses
£270,312
20 % above average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 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
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Trade
70 of 89 votes
Trade
5 of 5 votes
#3
Work / Employment
58 of 75 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#4
Migration
127 of 169 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#5
Housing
49 of 66 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API