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Dr Simon Opher
Labour MP for Stroud
Dr Simon Opher is the Labour MP for Stroud, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024.
Seat status
Very safe
Percentage of votes
20.62%
Recent swing
+4.7% Labour
Party
Labour
Top donors:
SXSW London (£1,300)
Caabu (Council for Arab-British Understanding) (£1,050)
Key Parliamentary VotesSee where your MP stands on these issues
VOTED AYE21 Oct 2024
Employment Rights Bill
✓ Passed — 386 For, 105 Against
Simon voted with the majority
VOTED AYE29 Nov 2024
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
✓ Passed — 330 For, 275 Against
Simon voted with the majority
DID NOT VOTE11 Dec 2024
Draft Movement of Goods (Northern Ireland to Great Britain) (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Transitory Provision and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2024
✓ Passed — 375 For, 9 Against
Where Simon fits into things
Surgeries
Monthly in-person, occasional online
Examples of successful citizen influence
- Coordinated constituent emails leading to parliamentary questions
- Local campaign prompting a public statement
Pressure that tends to influence
- High volume constituent contact
- Media attention on local issues
- Cross-party committee pressure
Committees
No current committee memberships