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
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.
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3 NOMedical Training (Prioritisation) Bill
3 votes · 27 Jan 2026
Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill
3 votes · 27 Jan 2026
2 NONational Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill Committee
2 votes · 21 Jan 2026
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill Committee
2 votes · 21 Jan 2026
3 AYEDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill
3 votes · 20 Jan 2026
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill
3 votes · 20 Jan 2026
2 AYE4 NOFinance (No. 2) Bill Committee
6 votes · 13 Jan 2026
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee
6 votes · 13 Jan 2026
1 AYE3 NOFinance (No. 2) Bill Committee
4 votes · 12 Jan 2026
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee
4 votes · 12 Jan 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
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
- 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
Visits outside the UK
the Council for Arab-British Understanding
- 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
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Director of Prema Arts Centre, Uley. This is an unpaid role. (Registered 17 July 2024)
Registered 17 July 2024
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
- Date interest arose
- 15 July 2025
Registered 22 July 2025
Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous
- Date interest arose
- 29 November 2025
Registered 2 December 2025
Activity Pulse
Questions asked and motions sponsored by Dr in Parliament
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress he has made in delivering Specialist Domestic Abuse Courts across England and Wales.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients are registered as veterans in England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to UIN HCWS144, what progress has his Department made in carrying out medical evacuations of children in Gaza.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of adding a representative from the comedy industry to the Creative Industries
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to make Palestinians in Gaza eligible for the new Named Community Sponsorship route.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much money from central government grants has been allocated to Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service in the 2026/27
Education: Weather
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to produce its own climate adaptation strategy to address the impact of extreme weather on (a) education and (b) infrastructur
Health: Climate Change
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to meet the Climate Change Committee’s proposed health targets for a well-adapted UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether chiropractic integrated Master’s degree programmes currently eligible for Lifelong Learning Entitlement funding at Levels 4–6 will be considered fo
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he has considered the potential merits of provision for cure to prevention workstreams and the role of social prescribing in formulating th
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