Photograph of Dr Simon Opher

Member of Parliament

Dr Simon Opher

Registered interests

Interests registered across 4 categories. Data from the UK Parliament Register of Members' Interests.

1. Employment and earnings (2)

Role, work or services: Locum Doctor Payer: NHS, May Lane Surgery, Dursley, Glos GL11 4JN (Registered 17 July 2024; updated 12 May 2025)

Role, work or services: Writing Article Payer: Mail on Sunday (newspaper), Northcliffe House, 2, Derry St, London W85TT (Registered 12 May 2025)

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources (1)

Name of donor: SXSW London Address of donor: Second Floor, 67-71 Shoreditch High Street, London E1 6JJ Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: I received a complementary platinum pass for SXSW London conference where I was a speaker, value £1,300 Date received: 12 June 2025 Date accepted: 19 June 2025 Donor status: company, registration 16034054 (Registered 2 July 2025)

4. Visits outside the UK (2)

Name of donor: Caabu (Council for Arab-British Understanding) Address of donor: 1 Gough Square, London EC4A 3DE Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights, accommodation and food, value £1,050 Destination of visit: Palestine and Jordan Dates of visit: 14 September 2025 to 16 September 2025 Purpose of visit: Fact finding visit organised by the Council for Arab-British Understanding (Registered 18 September 2025)

Name of donor: Imperial College London Address of donor: Exhibition Rd, South Kensington, London SW7 2AZ Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights (£2200), consumables (£200), taxis/transport (£50) and accommodation (£500), value £2,950 Destination of visit: Brazil Dates of visit: 13 April 2026 to 19 April 2026 Purpose of visit: Fact finding visit to observe work of Brazil's community health workers with Imperial College London. (Registered 20 April 2026)

8. Miscellaneous (4)

Director of Prema Arts Centre, Uley. This is an unpaid role. (Registered 17 July 2024)

Vice Chair of the Climate and Nature Crisis Caucus. This is an unpaid role. Date interest arose: 15 July 2025 (Registered 22 July 2025)

Vice President of Cotswold Canal Trust. This is an unpaid role. Date interest arose: 29 November 2025 (Registered 2 December 2025)

Political Patron for CRAFT (the new body for the UK comedy industry). This is an unpaid role. Date interest arose: 6 March 2026 (Registered 6 March 2026)

Interests source UK Parliament Members API