Dr Simon Opher

MP since 4 Jul 2024

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

471

Votes Cast

N/A

Expenses

11,388

Majority

46.4%

Vote Share

Expenses

No expense data available.

Election Result(2024 General Election)

Turnout: 55,221 voters

Labour
25,607 votes46.4%
Conservative
14,219 votes25.8%
Reform UK
6,329 votes11.5%
Green Party
5,729 votes10.4%
Liberal Democrat
2,913 votes5.3%
Independent
261 votes0.5%
Volt United Kingdom
163 votes0.3%

Parliamentary Activity

Counts in the current Parliament
(since 4 July 2024)

339

Written Questions

19

Oral Questions

80

Debates Spoken In

175

Speeches

471

Divisions Voted

Debates and speeches are sourced from Hansard contributions. The Hansard backfill is still in progress — counts will grow over the next few days as historic days are ingested.

Voting Record

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8 AYE

English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill

8 votes · 21 Apr 2026

3 AYE

Crime and Policing Bill

3 votes · 20 Apr 2026

6 AYE

Victims and Courts Bill

6 votes · 25 Mar 2026

2 NO

Opposition Day Motion

2 votes · 24 Mar 2026

NODefence
You
5 AYE

National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill

5 votes · 23 Mar 2026

Financial Interests(8)

Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

SXSW London

I received a complementary platinum pass for SXSW London conference where I was a speaker

12 June 2025

£1,300
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

Visits outside the UK

the Council for Arab-British Understanding

£1,050
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

Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous

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

Registered 17 July 2024

Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous

Date interest arose
15 July 2025

Registered 22 July 2025

Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous

Date interest arose
29 November 2025

Registered 2 December 2025

Activity Pulse

Questions asked and motions sponsored by Dr in Parliament

Hospitals: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department will publish ?the data on the number of patients treated in (a) corridors and (b) other inappropriate spaces.

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care23 Oct 2025

Hospitals: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department will publish regular data on patients treated in (a) corridors and (b) other inappropriate spaces.

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care23 Oct 2025

Plastic Packaging Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to increase the (a) Plastic Packaging Tax rate and (b) recycled content requirement to promote domestic recycling.

AnsweredTreasury22 Oct 2025

Plastics: Recycling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will review plastic waste exports to promote domestic recycling.

AnsweredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs22 Oct 2025

Deposit Return Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent progress she has made on the introduction of the Deposit Return Scheme.

AnsweredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs22 Oct 2025

Fractures: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to publish an implementation plan to ensure that each Integrated Care Board commissions a Fracture Liaison Servi

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care20 Oct 2025

Mental Health Services: Veterans

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce waiting times for the Op Courage service.

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care15 Oct 2025

Energy: Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of improved energy efficiency in buildings on (a) energy security, (b) c

AnsweredDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero14 Oct 2025

Police: Public Consultation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to respond to the consultation entitled National guidance for community scrutiny panels, which closed on 19 October 2023.

AnsweredHome Office13 Oct 2025

Mental Health Services: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce waiting times for neurology health services.

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care13 Oct 2025
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