Stroud
Dr Simon Opher
Labour, MP since 2024
Claimed in 2024-25
£204,255
380th highest of the 650 sitting MPs in the UK.
Where it went
Staff wages
paid to the MP's own employees
£147,381
Office costs
rent, utilities, equipment, printing
£28,652
Accommodation
London rent and bills
£18,979
Travel
the MP's own and their staff's
£8,877
Other costs
uncapped items outside the main budgets
£365
And the number worth comparing
Cost per elector
on 77,905 electors
£2.62
Outside money on the register
Employment and earnings
- Role, work or services: Locum Doctor Payer: NHS, May Lane Surgery, Dursley, Glos GL11 4JN (Registered 17 July 2024; updated 12 May 2025)
(a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation
- Name of donor: Unison Address of donor: UNISON Centre 130 Euston Road London NW1 2AY United Kingdom Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £4,500 Donor status: trade union (Registered 28 August 2026) 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.
- Name of donor: Labour Together Limited Address of donor: Langley House Park Road East Finchley London N2 8EY United Kingdom Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000 Donor status: company, registration 09630980 (Registered 28 August 2026) 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.
- Name of donor: Unison Address of donor: UNISON Centre 130 Euston Road London NW1 2AY Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £3,000 Donor status: trade union (Registered 28 August 2026) 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.
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources
- 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 £1,560 Date received: 3 June 2026 Date accepted: 3 June 2026 Donor status: company, registration 16034054 (Registered 3 June 2026)
Visits outside the UK
- Name of donor: Imperial College London Address of donor: Exhibition Rd, South Kensington, London SW7 2AZ Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights (£2200), consumables (£200), taxis/transport (£50) and accommodation (£500), value £2,950 Destination of visit: Brazil Dates of visit: 13 April 2026 to 19 April 2026 Purpose of visit: Fact finding visit to observe work of Brazil's community health workers with Imperial College London. (Registered 20 April 2026)
Miscellaneous
- Director of Prema Arts Centre, Uley. This is an unpaid role. (Registered 17 July 2024)
- Vice Chair of the Climate and Nature Crisis Caucus. This is an unpaid role. Date interest arose: 15 July 2025 (Registered 22 July 2025)
- Vice President of Cotswold Canal Trust. This is an unpaid role. Date interest arose: 29 November 2025 (Registered 2 December 2025)
- Political Patron for CRAFT (the new body for the UK comedy industry). This is an unpaid role. Date interest arose: 6 March 2026 (Registered 6 March 2026)
Checked 14 Oct 2026. Data pulled live from IPSA’s published 2024-25 totals and the UK Parliament Members API.