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Apsana Begum vs Mark Garnier

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


Voting alignment

Apsana Begum and Mark Garnier voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 955 shared comparable votes.

40 same votes 915 different votes 955 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
14 Aye 12 No
NHS / Health 12% aligned 26 shared votes
15 Aye 11 No
21 Aye 9 No
Housing 7% aligned 30 shared votes
9 Aye 21 No
53 Aye 58 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 111 shared votes
61 Aye 50 No
25 Aye 17 No
Benefits 5% aligned 42 shared votes
15 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 51 shared votes
28 Aye 23 No
23 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 46 shared votes
23 Aye 23 No
27 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 37 shared votes
10 Aye 27 No
15 Aye 20 No
Trade 0% aligned 35 shared votes
20 Aye 15 No
14 Aye 18 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 32 shared votes
18 Aye 14 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
83.5%
11% above average
Rank 121 of 649
1,152
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,985
2,376 eligible divisions
600
52.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
970
48.9% of votes cast
552
47.9% of votes cast
No votes
1,015
51.1% of votes cast
24
2.1% of votes cast
Against party
25
1.3% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

86
+2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 233 of 649
Appearances
76
-7.7 vs Commons average
Rank 289 of 649
95
-50.9 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 649
Contributions
123
-22.9 vs Commons average
Rank 263 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
£2,564,250
all imported IPSA years
£255,110
13% above average
Latest expenses
£260,744
15% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
22
7 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
210 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
56 of 67 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 44 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 41 votes
#5
Migration
152 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API