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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 149 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 147 different votes 149 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
6 Aye 4 No
Defence 0% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

66.7%
5% below average
Rank 474 of 649
Participation
79.7%
8% above average
Rank 200 of 649
1,410
2,113 eligible divisions
Total votes
464
582 eligible divisions
699
49.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
220
47.4% of votes cast
711
50.4% of votes cast
No votes
244
52.6% of votes cast
3
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
7
1.5% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

66
-14.0 vs Commons average
Rank 327 of 649
Appearances
45
-35.0 vs Commons average
Rank 468 of 649
274
+134.6 vs Commons average
Rank 63 of 649
Contributions
64
-75.4 vs Commons average
Rank 456 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
18
5 registered categories
Registered interests
8
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
73 of 87 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Migration
134 of 163 votes
#3
Trade
7 of 7 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Energy
45 of 59 votes
#5
Defence
33 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
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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