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Apsana Begum vs John McDonnell

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


Voting alignment

Apsana Begum and John McDonnell voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 1,029 shared comparable votes.

1,002 same votes 27 different votes 1,029 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 47 No
Tax 100% aligned 140 shared votes
93 Aye 47 No
34 Aye 22 No
Benefits 100% aligned 56 shared votes
34 Aye 22 No
24 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 52 shared votes
24 Aye 28 No
22 Aye 23 No
Defence 100% aligned 45 shared votes
22 Aye 23 No
22 Aye 12 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 34 shared votes
22 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
7 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 82% aligned 11 shared votes
9 Aye 2 No
31 Aye 10 No
Education 93% aligned 41 shared votes
28 Aye 13 No
14 Aye 26 No
Transport 95% aligned 40 shared votes
12 Aye 28 No
50 Aye 67 No
Crime / Justice 96% aligned 117 shared votes
47 Aye 70 No
21 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 96% aligned 26 shared votes
20 Aye 6 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
79.1 %
6 % above average
Rank 234 of 648
1,111
1,594 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,829
2,312 eligible divisions
588
52.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,003
54.8 % of votes cast
523
47.1 % of votes cast
No votes
826
45.2 % of votes cast
19
1.7 % of votes cast
Against party
22
1.2 % of votes cast
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

48
-12.4 vs Commons average
Rank 346 of 648
Appearances
87
+26.6 vs Commons average
Rank 116 of 648
58
-50.9 vs Commons average
Rank 420 of 648
Contributions
118
+9.1 vs Commons average
Rank 178 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
£2,684,777
all imported IPSA years
£255,110
13 % above average
Latest expenses
£269,647
19 % 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
Defence
54 of 59 votes
Benefits
57 of 68 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
34 of 41 votes
#3
Work / Employment
68 of 75 votes
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
#4
Migration
151 of 169 votes
Democracy / Parliament
30 of 37 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
40 of 45 votes

Recent voting overlap

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