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Nigel Farage vs Dr Simon Opher

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

Photograph of Nigel Farage
Nigel Farage
RUK Clacton
vs
Photograph of Dr Simon Opher
Dr Simon Opher
Lab Stroud

Voting alignment

Nigel Farage and Dr Simon Opher voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 139 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 133 different votes 139 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
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 29% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
16 Aye 11 No
Tax 0% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No
6 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
12 Aye 2 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 14 shared votes
2 Aye 12 No
5 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 14 shared votes
9 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 11 No
Tax 0% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No
6 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
12 Aye 2 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 14 shared votes
2 Aye 12 No
5 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 14 shared votes
9 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

30.7 %
42 % below average
Rank 638 of 650
Participation
80.0 %
7 % above average
Rank 205 of 650
170
554 eligible divisions
Total votes
443
554 eligible divisions
84
49.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
210
47.4 % of votes cast
86
50.6 % of votes cast
No votes
233
52.6 % of votes cast
1
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
7
1.6 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

15
-52.8 vs Commons average
Rank 600 of 650
Appearances
38
-29.8 vs Commons average
Rank 471 of 650
17
-103.4 vs Commons average
Rank 602 of 650
Contributions
59
-61.4 vs Commons average
Rank 430 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£156,380
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£204,255
all imported IPSA years
£156,380
31 % below average
Latest expenses
£204,255
10 % below average
35
7 registered categories
Registered interests
9
4 registered categories
0
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

Work / Employment
27 of 37 votes
#1
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Migration
7 of 11 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Housing
17 of 31 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
6 of 6 votes
Foreign Affairs
2 of 4 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Energy
7 of 17 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
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill: Third Reading 11 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 6 11 Mar 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 5 11 Mar 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 11 Mar 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026 11 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026 4 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 20 Jan 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 20 Jan 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Draft Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025 14 Jan 2026
No
Aye
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) Regulations 2025 2 Jul 2025
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Reasoned Amendment at Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 3 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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