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Wera Hobhouse vs Dr Simon Opher

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


Voting alignment

Wera Hobhouse and Dr Simon Opher voted the same way 26% of the time, based on 295 shared comparable votes.

76 same votes 219 different votes 295 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
4 Aye 1 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
10 Aye 1 No
Energy 64% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 4 No
Housing 64% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
12 Aye 8 No
Benefits 50% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
3 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 50% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
9 Aye 20 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 No
29 Aye 39 No
Tax 4% aligned 68 shared votes
42 Aye 26 No
7 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 5% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 10 No
Defence 14% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No
6 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 14% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

73.3%
1% above average
Rank 353 of 649
Participation
79.8%
7% above average
Rank 202 of 649
1,554
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
471
590 eligible divisions
844
54.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
223
47.3% of votes cast
710
45.7% of votes cast
No votes
248
52.7% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
7
1.5% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

147
+63.4 vs Commons average
Rank 72 of 650
Appearances
49
-34.6 vs Commons average
Rank 459 of 650
209
+63.3 vs Commons average
Rank 128 of 650
Contributions
73
-72.7 vs Commons average
Rank 436 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,835,401
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£204,255
all imported IPSA years
£306,189
35% above average
Latest expenses
£204,255
10% below average
7
5 registered categories
Registered interests
11
5 registered categories
12
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
170 of 188 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#3
Trade
7 of 7 votes
Defence
60 of 71 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Trade
70 of 87 votes
#5
Defence
33 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API