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Apsana Begum vs Aphra Brandreth

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Apsana Begum and Aphra Brandreth voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 288 shared comparable votes.

17 same votes 271 different votes 288 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
11 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 22% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No
7 Aye 3 No
Housing 20% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
2 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
14 Aye 5 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
3 Aye 16 No
7 Aye 4 No
Energy 9% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
30 Aye 36 No
18 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
7 Aye 18 No
6 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 2 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

69.5%
3% below average
Rank 441 of 649
Participation
64.9%
8% below average
Rank 520 of 649
1,152
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
383
590 eligible divisions
600
52.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
181
47.3% of votes cast
552
47.9% of votes cast
No votes
202
52.7% of votes cast
24
2.1% of votes cast
Against party
15
3.9% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

83
+0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 245 of 649
Appearances
83
+0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 246 of 649
92
-51.5 vs Commons average
Rank 361 of 649
Contributions
94
-49.5 vs Commons average
Rank 358 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,215,832
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£250,031
all imported IPSA years
£255,110
13% above average
Latest expenses
£250,031
11% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
12
5 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Benefits
57 of 68 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Work / Employment
56 of 67 votes
#2
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
#3
Trade
5 of 7 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 44 votes
#4
Defence
24 of 34 votes
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 41 votes
#5
Tax
79 of 112 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API