Dr Simon Opher

Voting record

Based on 9 recorded Commons divisions at Second or Third Reading of bills tracked by Hear, Hear — not a full voting record. “Didn’t vote” means Parliament has no vote recorded for them in that division (absent, abstained, paired, or excused). See the All votes tab below for every division.

See Dr Simon Opher’s full voting record on Parliament’s site →

Every Commons division on file for Dr Simon Opher — amendments, motions and opposition-day votes as well as bills. Took part in 471 of 590 (80%). Recorded in both lobbies (a deliberate abstention) 1 time.

Covers 9 Mar 2016 to 11 Sep 2026 — Parliament’s votes data doesn’t go back further. “No vote recorded” is Parliament’s own list of members with nothing recorded for that division: it can mean absent, deliberately abstaining, paired, or excused, and the data doesn’t say which. Click a division title for Parliament’s own page for it.

Government & opposition roles

No government or shadow front-bench post on file for Dr Simon Opher — most MPs never hold one, so this is the normal state for a backbencher, not a gap in the data.

Declared financial interests

From Parliament’s Register of Members’ Financial Interests — Parliament’s official register for Dr Simon Opher →. Topic tags below are our own automated, best-effort keyword match, not Parliament’s classification.

Written questions to government

No written questions on file for Dr Simon Opher yet — this only covers what Hear, Hear has fetched so far (see Written questions), not necessarily every question Dr Simon Opher has ever tabled.

Business costs (IPSA)

£232,856.27 paid out to or for Dr Simon Opher across 243 claims — combining every financial year on file, not just the current one — covering office costs, accommodation, travel, and bought-in/temporary staffing. 3 claims on file weren’t paid out (rejected, withdrawn, or otherwise not approved). This does not include Dr Simon Opher’s permanent staff’s salaries — typically the biggest single share of an MP’s real costs — which IPSA only publishes once a year, after the year closes, as one aggregate figure, never as individual claims. Some categories (especially travel) are reported by IPSA as one whole-year total rather than itemised by date — marked “Aggregated” below. See MP expenses to filter this to a single year.

Every claim on file for Dr Simon Opher →

Early Day Motions

Dr Simon Opher has tabled 1 Early Day Motion on file (as primary sponsor), drawing 31 sponsor signatures in total across them. This only counts motions Dr Simon Opher personally tabled — not motions Dr Simon Opher may have added their name to as a supporter, which this data source doesn’t track per MP. See Early Day Motions for what this does and doesn’t cover.

All-Party Parliamentary Groups

Dr Simon Opher is a listed officer of 5 All-Party Parliamentary Groups on file. See APPGs for the full register and the biggest funders overall.

Read this carefully: funding is declared by the group (often to pay for a secretariat that runs it), not paid to Dr Simon Opher personally, and declaring it is a legal requirement rather than a sign of wrongdoing. This only covers groups Dr Simon Opher is a listed officer of — ordinary members aren’t published. Amounts are Parliament’s own figures; where it gave a banded range the midpoint is used, so totals are approximate. Funders are grouped by name, so the same organisation spelled very differently may appear twice.