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Dr Simon Opher vs Rebecca Paul

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 Rebecca Paul
Rebecca Paul
Con Reigate

Voting alignment

Dr Simon Opher and Rebecca Paul voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 334 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 326 different votes 334 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 4 No
Benefits 33% aligned 9 shared votes
1 Aye 8 No
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
12 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 30 shared votes
17 Aye 13 No
35 Aye 31 No
Tax 2% aligned 66 shared votes
30 Aye 36 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
13 Aye 19 No
12 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
16 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
7 Aye 16 No
16 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No
14 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 21 shared votes
7 Aye 14 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
78.8%
6% above average
Rank 226 of 649
471
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
465
590 eligible divisions
223
47.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
209
44.9% of votes cast
248
52.7% of votes cast
No votes
256
55.1% of votes cast
7
1.5% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

48
-34.1 vs Commons average
Rank 457 of 649
Appearances
101
+18.9 vs Commons average
Rank 164 of 649
72
-70.9 vs Commons average
Rank 428 of 649
Contributions
146
+3.1 vs Commons average
Rank 203 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
£124,847
all imported IPSA years
£204,255
10% below average
Latest expenses
£124,847
45% below average
8
4 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 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

Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Trade
7 of 7 votes
#3
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#4
Defence
30 of 34 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#5
Housing
28 of 32 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 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 Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Motion to sit in private 6 Dec 2024
Tax
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API