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Max Wilkinson vs Dr Simon Opher

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

Photograph of Max Wilkinson
Max Wilkinson
LD Cheltenham
vs
Photograph of Dr Simon Opher
Dr Simon Opher
Lab Stroud

Voting alignment

Max Wilkinson and Dr Simon Opher voted the same way 23% of the time, based on 324 shared comparable votes.

76 same votes 248 different votes 324 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
7 Aye 1 No
Democracy / Parliament 75% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
10 Aye 1 No
Energy 64% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No
10 Aye 5 No
Benefits 53% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 No
11 Aye 4 No
Housing 47% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 42 No
Tax 4% aligned 78 shared votes
45 Aye 33 No
16 Aye 20 No
Education 6% aligned 36 shared votes
22 Aye 14 No
12 Aye 10 No
Defence 9% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No
14 Aye 4 No
Transport 11% aligned 18 shared votes
4 Aye 14 No
5 Aye 3 No
Devolution / Local Government 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

68.5%
4% below average
Rank 455 of 649
Participation
79.8%
7% above average
Rank 202 of 649
404
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
471
590 eligible divisions
227
56.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
223
47.3% of votes cast
177
43.8% of votes cast
No votes
248
52.7% of votes cast
3
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
7
1.5% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

126
+41.2 vs Commons average
Rank 106 of 650
Appearances
51
-33.8 vs Commons average
Rank 452 of 650
152
+4.3 vs Commons average
Rank 207 of 650
Contributions
75
-72.7 vs Commons average
Rank 434 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£196,958
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£204,255
all imported IPSA years
£196,958
13% below average
Latest expenses
£204,255
10% below average
12
2 registered categories
Registered interests
11
5 registered categories
4
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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

Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#1
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#3
Trade
7 of 7 votes
Education
43 of 50 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Tax
86 of 112 votes
#5
Defence
33 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
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
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
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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