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Dr Simon Opher vs Shockat Adam

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

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Dr Simon Opher
Lab Stroud
vs
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Shockat Adam
Ind Leicester South

Voting alignment

Dr Simon Opher and Shockat Adam voted the same way 48% of the time, based on 286 shared comparable votes.

136 same votes 150 different votes 286 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 2 No
Energy 88% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 8 No
Benefits 86% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No
1 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 86% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 4 No
Transport 86% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
13 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 65% aligned 20 shared votes
14 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
16 Aye 9 No
Education 16% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 No
1 Aye 3 No
Trade 25% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
8 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 26% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
5 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 27% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 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
59.0%
14% below average
Rank 581 of 649
471
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
348
590 eligible divisions
223
47.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
190
54.6% of votes cast
248
52.7% of votes cast
No votes
158
45.4% of votes cast
7
1.5% of votes cast
Against party
n/a
rebellion not calculated
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

49
-34.7 vs Commons average
Rank 459 of 649
Appearances
188
+104.3 vs Commons average
Rank 24 of 649
73
-72.9 vs Commons average
Rank 436 of 649
Contributions
206
+60.1 vs Commons average
Rank 132 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
£231,212
all imported IPSA years
£204,255
10% below average
Latest expenses
£231,212
2% above average
11
5 registered categories
Registered interests
8
5 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
Housing
26 of 32 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
Trade
7 of 7 votes
#3
Defence
23 of 34 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 14 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#5
Education
31 of 50 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
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 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
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API