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Apsana Begum vs Helen Whately

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


Voting alignment

Apsana Begum and Helen Whately voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 934 shared comparable votes.

47 same votes 887 different votes 934 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
17 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 10% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
46 Aye 54 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 100 shared votes
54 Aye 46 No
29 Aye 21 No
Benefits 4% aligned 50 shared votes
19 Aye 31 No
15 Aye 10 No
Energy 4% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 No
22 Aye 9 No
Housing 3% aligned 31 shared votes
8 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 25 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 45 shared votes
25 Aye 20 No
22 Aye 20 No
Defence 0% aligned 42 shared votes
20 Aye 22 No
14 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 40 shared votes
26 Aye 14 No
14 Aye 21 No
Trade 0% aligned 35 shared votes
21 Aye 14 No
18 Aye 16 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 34 shared votes
16 Aye 18 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
83.7%
11% above average
Rank 119 of 649
1,152
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,989
2,376 eligible divisions
600
52.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
950
47.8% of votes cast
552
47.9% of votes cast
No votes
1,039
52.2% of votes cast
24
2.1% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

83
+0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 245 of 649
Appearances
43
-39.3 vs Commons average
Rank 489 of 649
92
-51.5 vs Commons average
Rank 361 of 649
Contributions
65
-78.5 vs Commons average
Rank 459 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
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£255,110
13% above average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Work / Employment
56 of 67 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 44 votes
#4
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 41 votes
#5

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