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Apsana Begum vs Ian Lavery

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


Voting alignment

Apsana Begum and Ian Lavery voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 980 shared comparable votes.

954 same votes 26 different votes 980 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
93 Aye 46 No
Tax 100% aligned 139 shared votes
93 Aye 46 No
22 Aye 22 No
Defence 100% aligned 44 shared votes
22 Aye 22 No
23 Aye 20 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 43 shared votes
23 Aye 20 No
13 Aye 20 No
Trade 100% aligned 33 shared votes
13 Aye 20 No
16 Aye 13 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
7 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 73% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No
23 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 93% aligned 28 shared votes
21 Aye 7 No
50 Aye 56 No
Crime / Justice 94% aligned 106 shared votes
46 Aye 60 No
15 Aye 25 No
Transport 95% aligned 40 shared votes
13 Aye 27 No
31 Aye 20 No
Benefits 96% aligned 51 shared votes
29 Aye 22 No

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

Voting record

69.7 %
4 % below average
Rank 444 of 648
Participation
76.0 %
3 % above average
Rank 300 of 648
1,111
1,594 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,756
2,312 eligible divisions
588
52.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
986
56.2 % of votes cast
523
47.1 % of votes cast
No votes
770
43.8 % of votes cast
19
1.7 % of votes cast
Against party
19
1.1 % of votes cast
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

48
-12.4 vs Commons average
Rank 346 of 648
Appearances
56
-4.4 vs Commons average
Rank 234 of 648
58
-50.9 vs Commons average
Rank 420 of 648
Contributions
80
-28.9 vs Commons average
Rank 287 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£1,215,832
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,105,352
all imported IPSA years
£255,110
13 % above average
Latest expenses
£309,158
37 % above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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

Work / Employment
56 of 65 votes
#1
Housing
61 of 66 votes
Benefits
57 of 68 votes
#2
Defence
54 of 59 votes
Environment / Climate
34 of 41 votes
#3
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
#4
Work / Employment
66 of 75 votes
Democracy / Parliament
30 of 37 votes
#5
Migration
147 of 169 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API