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Apsana Begum vs Rebecca Paul

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


Voting alignment

Apsana Begum and Rebecca Paul voted the same way 8% of the time, based on 299 shared comparable votes.

23 same votes 276 different votes 299 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
2 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
10 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 17% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 6 No
Housing 13% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No
14 Aye 3 No
Benefits 12% aligned 17 shared votes
1 Aye 16 No
7 Aye 6 No
Energy 8% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 63 shared votes
29 Aye 34 No
18 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
10 Aye 18 No
17 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
8 Aye 17 No
15 Aye 3 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 18 shared votes
3 Aye 15 No
6 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 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
78.8%
6% above average
Rank 226 of 649
1,152
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
465
590 eligible divisions
600
52.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
209
44.9% of votes cast
552
47.9% of votes cast
No votes
256
55.1% of votes cast
24
2.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

84
+1.8 vs Commons average
Rank 239 of 649
Appearances
102
+19.8 vs Commons average
Rank 159 of 649
94
-49.3 vs Commons average
Rank 356 of 649
Contributions
148
+4.7 vs Commons average
Rank 203 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
£124,847
all imported IPSA years
£255,110
13% above average
Latest expenses
£124,847
45% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 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

Benefits
57 of 68 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Work / Employment
56 of 67 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
#3
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 44 votes
#4
Defence
30 of 34 votes
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 41 votes
#5
Housing
28 of 32 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