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Apsana Begum vs James Cartlidge

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


Voting alignment

Apsana Begum and James Cartlidge voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 942 shared comparable votes.

40 same votes 902 different votes 942 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
5 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 13% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
17 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 30 shared votes
15 Aye 15 No
24 Aye 8 No
Housing 6% aligned 32 shared votes
8 Aye 24 No
55 Aye 59 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 114 shared votes
60 Aye 54 No
20 Aye 20 No
Benefits 5% aligned 40 shared votes
18 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 52 shared votes
28 Aye 24 No
18 Aye 19 No
Defence 0% aligned 37 shared votes
19 Aye 18 No
15 Aye 18 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 33 shared votes
18 Aye 15 No
22 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
9 Aye 22 No
9 Aye 20 No
Trade 0% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 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
86.6 %
13 % above average
Rank 78 of 648
1,111
1,594 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,002
2,312 eligible divisions
588
52.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
953
47.6 % of votes cast
523
47.1 % of votes cast
No votes
1,049
52.4 % of votes cast
19
1.7 % of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6 % of votes cast
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

48
-12.4 vs Commons average
Rank 346 of 648
Appearances
59
-1.4 vs Commons average
Rank 236 of 648
58
-50.9 vs Commons average
Rank 420 of 648
Contributions
107
-1.9 vs Commons average
Rank 210 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
£1,908,598
all imported IPSA years
£255,110
13 % above average
Latest expenses
£280,834
24 % above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
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
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Benefits
57 of 68 votes
#2
Work / Employment
71 of 75 votes
Environment / Climate
34 of 41 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 45 votes
Democracy / Parliament
30 of 37 votes
#5
Housing
61 of 66 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API