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Apsana Begum vs Edward Argar

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


Voting alignment

Apsana Begum and Edward Argar voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,033 shared comparable votes.

51 same votes 982 different votes 1,033 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
6 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 11% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No
57 Aye 66 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 123 shared votes
70 Aye 53 No
18 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 31 shared votes
15 Aye 16 No
24 Aye 8 No
Housing 6% aligned 32 shared votes
8 Aye 24 No
29 Aye 21 No
Benefits 4% aligned 50 shared votes
19 Aye 31 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 52 shared votes
28 Aye 24 No
23 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 46 shared votes
23 Aye 23 No
28 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 39 shared votes
11 Aye 28 No
18 Aye 18 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 36 shared votes
18 Aye 18 No
13 Aye 21 No
Trade 0% aligned 34 shared votes
21 Aye 13 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
89.9%
17% above average
Rank 20 of 649
1,152
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,136
2,376 eligible divisions
600
52.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,016
47.6% of votes cast
552
47.9% of votes cast
No votes
1,120
52.4% of votes cast
24
2.1% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.1% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

86
+2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 233 of 649
Appearances
83
-0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 251 of 649
95
-50.9 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 649
Contributions
129
-16.9 vs Commons average
Rank 243 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
£1,201,891
all imported IPSA years
£255,110
13% above average
Latest expenses
£201,413
11% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Brexit / EU
209 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
56 of 67 votes
#2
Migration
164 of 171 votes
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 44 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
45 of 47 votes
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 41 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes

Recent voting overlap

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