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Mrs Kemi Badenoch vs Dr Simon Opher

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

Photograph of Mrs Kemi Badenoch
Mrs Kemi Badenoch
Con North West Essex
vs
Photograph of Dr Simon Opher
Dr Simon Opher
Lab Stroud

Voting alignment

Mrs Kemi Badenoch and Dr Simon Opher voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 140 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 138 different votes 140 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
1 Aye 3 No
Benefits 25% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 3 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
19 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 46 shared votes
27 Aye 19 No
4 Aye 14 No
Education 0% aligned 18 shared votes
14 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 6 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 46 shared votes
27 Aye 19 No
4 Aye 14 No
Education 0% aligned 18 shared votes
14 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 6 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
2 Aye 6 No
Energy 0% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 4 No
Defence 0% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

67.3 %
6 % below average
Rank 483 of 647
Participation
79.7 %
7 % above average
Rank 209 of 647
1,399
2,078 eligible divisions
Total votes
436
547 eligible divisions
693
49.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
209
47.9 % of votes cast
706
50.5 % of votes cast
No votes
227
52.1 % of votes cast
3
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
7
1.6 % of votes cast
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

54
-13.0 vs Commons average
Rank 332 of 649
Appearances
38
-29.0 vs Commons average
Rank 463 of 649
221
+101.9 vs Commons average
Rank 78 of 649
Contributions
60
-59.1 vs Commons average
Rank 425 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,740,878
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£204,255
all imported IPSA years
£278,687
23 % above average
Latest expenses
£204,255
10 % below average
15
5 registered categories
Registered interests
9
4 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

Brexit / EU
167 of 188 votes
#1
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Trade
70 of 84 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Migration
133 of 161 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
6 of 6 votes
Environment / Climate
35 of 43 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Energy
45 of 56 votes
#5
Trade
4 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day: Defence 24 Mar 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Opposition Day: Oil and gas 24 Mar 2026
Energy
No
Aye
Opposition day: Fuel duty 18 Mar 2026
Tax
No
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill: Third Reading 11 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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