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Apsana Begum vs Bobby Dean

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


Voting alignment

Apsana Begum and Bobby Dean voted the same way 31% of the time, based on 276 shared comparable votes.

86 same votes 190 different votes 276 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
3 Aye 1 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
1 Aye 2 No
Migration 100% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 78% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 4 No
Energy 67% aligned 9 shared votes
8 Aye 1 No
8 Aye 6 No
Housing 64% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 22 No
Tax 5% aligned 57 shared votes
25 Aye 32 No
19 Aye 8 No
Education 11% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No
6 Aye 11 No
Defence 12% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
16 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 14% aligned 22 shared votes
5 Aye 17 No
16 Aye 3 No
Devolution / Local Government 16% aligned 19 shared votes
4 Aye 15 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
69.2%
3% below average
Rank 447 of 649
1,152
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
408
590 eligible divisions
600
52.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
215
52.7% of votes cast
552
47.9% of votes cast
No votes
193
47.3% of votes cast
24
2.1% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.5% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

86
+2.4 vs Commons average
Rank 233 of 650
Appearances
97
+13.4 vs Commons average
Rank 190 of 650
95
-50.7 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 650
Contributions
112
-33.7 vs Commons average
Rank 304 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,215,832
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£178,307
all imported IPSA years
£255,110
13% above average
Latest expenses
£178,307
21% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
6
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Work / Employment
56 of 67 votes
#2
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 44 votes
#4
Education
41 of 50 votes
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 41 votes
#5
Benefits
24 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

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