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Dr Simon Opher

Labour MP for Stroud, since 4 July 2024

Dr Simon Opher is the Labour MP for Stroud, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024.

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Scorecard

79.7% Attendance Turns up more often than most MPs who vote
458 Votes cast out of 575 divisions
117 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
7 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Labour MPs
12 Interests declared none at £5,000 or more
101 Debates spoken in 333 written questions tabled

Ranked 180 of 638 MPs for attendance. The median of MPs who vote is 72.3%. Ministers and front-benchers vote less often than backbenchers for reasons of office rather than absenteeism, and Parliament does not publish reasons for any absence — the ranking is a starting point for a question, not an answer to one.

Voting record

575 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.

DateQuestionTheir voteResult
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 98 Aye 287–150
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 41 Aye 284–149
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 37 Aye 291–144
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 36 Aye 288–147
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 26 Aye 287–149
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 13 Aye 297–147
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 4 Aye 298–152
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 2 Aye 293–155
20 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) to (b) in lieu of Lords Amendments 359 and 439 Aye 292–158
20 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) and (b) in lieu of Lords Amendment 342 Aye 294–61
20 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) to (d) in lieu of Lords Amendment 11 Aye 294–156
20 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: Amendment (a) to Amendment 2B and Amendment (b) to Amendment 2C in lieu of Lords Amendments 2D and 2E No vote 293–159
15 Apr 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (c) in lieu of Lords Amendment 106 No vote 248–139
15 Apr 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (e) in lieu of Lords Amendment 102 No vote 259–136
15 Apr 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 41B No vote 254–144
15 Apr 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 No vote 256–150
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 78 No vote 277–150
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 77 No vote 271–95
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 43 No vote 273–159
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 35 No vote 275–159
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 26 No vote 269–162
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 15 No vote 276–155
15 Apr 2026 Pensions Scheme Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 No vote 269–103
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 No vote 278–158
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to agree with all remaining Lords Amendments No vote 247–21

Declared financial interests

Quoted in full from the Register of Members' Financial Interests. Entries where the largest figure is £5,000 or more are marked. A declaration is not a wrongdoing — the register exists precisely so that these things are visible.

1. Employment and earnings

Payment expected: £900
Completed or provided on: 11 June 2026. Hours: 9 hrs.
(Registered 17 June 2026)

On the register since 30 Jun 2026

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

On the register since 19 Jun 2026

Payment: £1,550
Received on: 23 March 2026. Hours: 15.5 hrs five GP surgeries.
(Registered 23 March 2026)

On the register since 14 Apr 2026

Payment: £1,500 Payment for work as a locum at three GP surgeries
Received on: 16 October 2025. Hours: 20 hrs 3 GP surgeries.
(Registered 17 October 2025)

On the register since 12 Feb 2026

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

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 £1,560
Date received: 3 June 2026
Date accepted: 3 June 2026
Donor status: company, registration 16034054
(Registered 3 June 2026)

On the register since 16 Jun 2026

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)

On the register since 15 Jul 2025

4. Visits outside the UK

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)

On the register since 29 Apr 2026

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)

On the register since 8 Oct 2025

8. Miscellaneous

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)

On the register since 10 Mar 2026

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

On the register since 16 Dec 2025

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

On the register since 5 Aug 2025

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

On the register since 16 Aug 2024

The same register on parliament.uk →

Debates

101 debates contributed to in total. The ten most recent:

Sources: Commons Votes API, Members API and the Register of Members' Financial Interests, all published by Parliament under the Open Parliament Licence. This member's register and debate record were last refreshed 3 Aug 2026. How every figure is worked out →

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