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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
18 Mar 2026 Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 deferred division No vote 368–107
11 Mar 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill: Third Reading Aye 292–161
11 Mar 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 6 No 175–292
11 Mar 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 5 No 172–283
11 Mar 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 No 174–292
10 Mar 2026 Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading No vote 304–203
10 Mar 2026 Courts and Tribunals Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading No vote 203–311
9 Mar 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 106 Aye 304–177
9 Mar 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 102 Aye 315–163
9 Mar 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 44 Aye 315–109
9 Mar 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 41 Aye 316–171
9 Mar 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 38 Aye 307–173
9 Mar 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 37 Aye 321–106
9 Mar 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 17 Aye 306–182
9 Mar 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 16 Aye 309–181
2 Mar 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading No 105–410
24 Feb 2026 Opposition Day: Protections for children from online harms No 69–279
23 Feb 2026 Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading Aye 361–84
23 Feb 2026 Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 No 73–256
23 Feb 2026 Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 No 77–280
23 Feb 2026 Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 No 156–273
23 Feb 2026 Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: Amendment 1 No 161–272
11 Feb 2026 Referendums Relating to Council Tax Increases (Principles) (England) Report 2026-27 Aye 279–90
11 Feb 2026 Local Government Finance Report (England) 2026-27 Aye 277–143
11 Feb 2026 Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026 deferred division Aye 362–107

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

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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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