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Dr Simon Opher vs Richard Fuller

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 Richard Fuller
Richard Fuller
Con North Bedfordshire

Voting alignment

Dr Simon Opher and Richard Fuller voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 343 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 336 different votes 343 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
6 Aye 8 No
Benefits 21% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
15 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 39 shared votes
22 Aye 17 No
42 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
32 Aye 42 No
12 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 29 shared votes
17 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
42 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
32 Aye 42 No
12 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 29 shared votes
17 Aye 12 No
19 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
6 Aye 19 No
17 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
7 Aye 17 No
15 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 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
79.0%
6% above average
Rank 224 of 649
471
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,310
1,658 eligible divisions
223
47.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
618
47.2% of votes cast
248
52.7% of votes cast
No votes
692
52.8% of votes cast
7
1.5% of votes cast
Against party
11
0.8% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

47
-34.7 vs Commons average
Rank 461 of 649
Appearances
34
-47.7 vs Commons average
Rank 533 of 649
71
-71.3 vs Commons average
Rank 432 of 649
Contributions
48
-94.3 vs Commons average
Rank 511 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
£2,221,578
all imported IPSA years
£204,255
10% below average
Latest expenses
£273,108
21% above average
8
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
Trade
7 of 7 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#4
Work / Employment
61 of 67 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
156 of 174 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 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
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
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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
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