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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
2 Dec 2025 Budget Resolution No. 51: Inheritance tax (pension interests) Aye 364–167
2 Dec 2025 Budget Resolution No. 50: Inheritance tax (limiting agricultural and business property reliefs etc) Aye 327–182
2 Dec 2025 Budget Resolution No. 28: Capital gains tax (employee-ownership trusts) No vote 362–164
2 Dec 2025 Budget Resolution No. 9: Basic rate limit and personal allowance for tax years 2028-29 to 2030-31 Aye 348–176
2 Dec 2025 Budget Resolution No. 5: Income tax (savings rate for future years) Aye 369–166
2 Dec 2025 Budget Resolution No. 4: Income tax (dividend rates) Aye 371–166
25 Nov 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Third Reading Aye 322–179
25 Nov 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 80 No 187–320
25 Nov 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 69 No 189–320
25 Nov 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 17 No 87–321
24 Nov 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: Amendment 25 No 99–367
24 Nov 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: Amendment 85 No 57–309
24 Nov 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 29 No 74–311
24 Nov 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 2 No 158–318
19 Nov 2025 Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 37 Aye 326–92
19 Nov 2025 Draft Radio Equipment (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2025 deferred division Aye 376–16
18 Nov 2025 Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Second Reading Aye 320–105
18 Nov 2025 Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Opposition Reasoned Amendment No 165–327
17 Nov 2025 Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Bill: Committee: Amendment 5 No 147–318
17 Nov 2025 Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Bill: Committee: Amendment 4 No 143–318
13 Nov 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 40 No vote 244–132
13 Nov 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 39 Aye 250–133
13 Nov 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 38 Aye 252–130
13 Nov 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 37 Aye 254–129
13 Nov 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 33 Aye 257–128

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:

Money declared to them

1 donation accepted personally since 4 Jul 2024, worth £2,950 in total — from the Electoral Commission's register, which is a separate register from the one above. Money given to their party is not counted here; this is money declared to them.

AcceptedRecipientDonorTypeValue
13 Apr 2026 Dr Simon Opher sitting MP Imperial College London Other Visit £2,950

Where the public money goes — contracts and donations →

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

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