Dr Simon Opher MP: votes, interests and costs
Dr Simon Opher (Labour) is the MP for Stroud, elected on 4 July 2024.
Offices and committees
The Members API lists no current government, opposition or committee post for Dr Simon Opher; earlier posts are below.
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill | 15 January 2025 | 25 March 2025 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 761f329268f8.
Register of interests
Dr Simon Opher has 10 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests, the earliest registered on 17 July 2024 and the latest on 28 August 2026. By category: Miscellaneous (4), Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP (3), Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources (1), Visits outside the UK (1), Employment and earnings (1). Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
Labour Together Limited - £5,000.00
- How the donation was received: (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: Monetary
- Value of the benefit: £5,000.00
- Name of the donor: Labour Together Limited
- Status of the donor: Company
- Name of the donor company: Labour Together Limited
- Company registration number: 09630980
- Source of company identifier: Companies House
Marked in the register as a rectified entry: This is a late entry to which the rectification procedure was applied on 1 September 2026. Paragraph 51 of the Procedural Protocol in respect of the Code of Conduct refers.
Unison - £4,500.00
- How the donation was received: (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: Monetary
- Value of the benefit: £4,500.00
- Name of the donor: Unison
- Status of the donor: Trade Union
Marked in the register as a rectified entry: This is a late entry to which the rectification procedure was applied on 1 September 2026. Paragraph 51 of the Procedural Protocol in respect of the Code of Conduct refers.
Unison - £3,000.00
- How the donation was received: (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: Monetary
- Value of the benefit: £3,000.00
- Name of the donor: Unison
- Status of the donor: Trade Union
Marked in the register as a rectified entry: This is a late entry to which the rectification procedure was applied on 1 September 2026. Paragraph 51 of the Procedural Protocol in respect of the Code of Conduct refers.
SXSW London - £1,560.00
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: I received a complementary platinum pass for SXSW London conference, where I was a speaker
- Value of the benefit: £1,560.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-06-03
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-06-03
- Name of the donor: SXSW London
- Status of the donor: Company
- Name of the donor company: SXSW London
International visit to Brazil between 13 April 2026 and 19 April 2026
- Purpose of the visit: Fact finding visit to observe work of Brazil's community health workers with Imperial College London.
- Date Member left the UK: 2026-04-13
- Date Member returned to the UK: 2026-04-19
Political Patron for CRAFT (the new body for the UK comedy industry). This is an unpaid role.
- Date on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2026-03-06
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Vice President of Cotswold Canal Trust. This is an unpaid role.
- Date on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2025-11-29
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Vice Chair of the Climate and Nature Crisis Caucus. This is an unpaid role.
- Date on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2025-07-15
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Director of Prema Arts Centre, Uley. This is an unpaid role.
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Locum Doctor - NHS
- Type of work or service being provided: Locum Doctor
- Name of the payer: NHS
- Payment expected for services on 11 June 2026 - £900.00
- Payment received on 23 March 2026 - £1,550.00
- Payment received on 16 October 2025 - £1,500.00
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 28 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority publishes Dr Simon Opher's 2024-25 staffing spend as £147,381 (budget £185,538). IPSA lists office spending of £28,652 in the same year. Budgets for that year run from the MP's election on 4 July 2024, as IPSA's reason column states. IPSA publishes each budget, the amount spent and the amount left (the remaining amounts are in IPSA's files); no total across budgets is published, so none is given here.
| IPSA figure | 2024-25 |
|---|---|
| Staffing: spent | £147,381.41 |
| Office costs: spent | £28,651.83 |
| Accommodation: spent | £18,979.07 |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £8,877.41 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £365.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £30,426, staffing £185,538, accommodation £21,667 (Standard non-London area budget from 5 July 2024, and a start-up supplement of £6,000; Standard non-London area budget from 5 July 2024; Standard budget for renting a property in the London area from 5 July 2024).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Stroud CC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Chief of Staff (permanent full time), Senior Caseworker (permanent full time), Caseworker (permanent part time), Senior Executive Officer (permanent full time), Senior Communication Officer (permanent part time), Caseworker (permanent full time), Parliamentary Assistant (permanent part time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
Dr Simon Opher is recorded voting in 506 divisions since 4 July 2024, according to the Commons Votes API. Of these, 55 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. The 30 most recent on bills and motions are listed here. On 21 October 2026 Dr Simon Opher voted No on "Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers".
Source: Commons Votes API, read 28 October 2026. Only divisions in which a vote is recorded for the MP are counted. The full list on UK Parliament.
Written questions
Dr Simon Opher has tabled 344 written questions since 4 July 2024, according to the Written Questions API. The latest 10 were addressed to Ministry of Justice, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, Department of Health and Social Care and 4 other departments.
Domestic Abuse: Courts
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress he has made in delivering Specialist Domestic Abuse Courts across England and Wales.
Gaza: Children
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.
Patients: Veterans
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients are registered as veterans in England.
Performing Arts
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 Council.
Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service
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 financial year.
Asylum: Palestine
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.
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.
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) infrastructure.
Chiropractic: Lifelong Learning Entitlement
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 for inclusion in the Additional Priority Entitlement.
Health Services: Arts
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a national framework for action for creative health.
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 5e18023b99cd. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Dr Simon Opher.
2024 general election
Dr Simon Opher won Stroud at the general election of 4 July 2024 with 25,607 votes (46.4%), a majority of 11,388 over Siobhan Baillie (Conservative). Result as published: Lab gain from Con.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Stroud figures
Built 15 October 2026 from official records; register entries and votes are re-read on a rolling schedule. This page sets out what the record shows and gives no rating of the MP. Official UK Parliament page · All MPs · Something wrong? Tell us.