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Apsana Begum vs Gareth Bacon

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


Voting alignment

Apsana Begum and Gareth Bacon voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,038 shared comparable votes.

41 same votes 997 different votes 1,038 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 1 No
Digital / Online Safety 14% aligned 7 shared votes
0 Aye 7 No
19 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 32 shared votes
15 Aye 17 No
57 Aye 67 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 124 shared votes
70 Aye 54 No
29 Aye 21 No
Benefits 4% aligned 50 shared votes
19 Aye 31 No
20 Aye 9 No
Energy 3% aligned 29 shared votes
8 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 52 shared votes
28 Aye 24 No
20 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 43 shared votes
23 Aye 20 No
28 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 40 shared votes
12 Aye 28 No
18 Aye 18 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 36 shared votes
18 Aye 18 No
15 Aye 21 No
Trade 0% aligned 36 shared votes
21 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
87.7%
15% above average
Rank 51 of 649
1,152
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,454
1,658 eligible divisions
600
52.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
714
49.1% of votes cast
552
47.9% of votes cast
No votes
740
50.9% of votes cast
24
2.1% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

86
+2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 233 of 649
Appearances
62
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 649
95
-50.9 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 649
Contributions
83
-62.9 vs Commons average
Rank 392 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
£1,123,891
all imported IPSA years
£255,110
13% above average
Latest expenses
£268,955
19% above 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
63 of 63 votes
Work / Employment
56 of 67 votes
#2
Trade
52 of 53 votes
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
#3
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 44 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 41 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 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