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Apsana Begum vs Richard Burgon

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


Voting alignment

Apsana Begum and Richard Burgon voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 1,039 shared comparable votes.

1,022 same votes 17 different votes 1,039 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
92 Aye 50 No
Tax 100% aligned 142 shared votes
92 Aye 50 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 22 No
Defence 100% aligned 44 shared votes
22 Aye 22 No
14 Aye 22 No
Trade 100% aligned 36 shared votes
14 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
7 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 73% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No
28 Aye 15 No
Education 93% aligned 43 shared votes
25 Aye 18 No
14 Aye 26 No
Transport 95% aligned 40 shared votes
12 Aye 28 No
18 Aye 8 No
Housing 96% aligned 26 shared votes
19 Aye 7 No
29 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 96% aligned 56 shared votes
29 Aye 27 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
80.2 %
7 % above average
Rank 212 of 648
1,111
1,594 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,854
2,312 eligible divisions
588
52.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,025
55.3 % of votes cast
523
47.1 % of votes cast
No votes
829
44.7 % of votes cast
19
1.7 % of votes cast
Against party
40
2.2 % 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
60
-0.4 vs Commons average
Rank 229 of 648
58
-50.9 vs Commons average
Rank 420 of 648
Contributions
66
-42.9 vs Commons average
Rank 371 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
£2,305,544
all imported IPSA years
£255,110
13 % above average
Latest expenses
£301,574
33 % above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
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
Work / Employment
70 of 75 votes
Benefits
57 of 68 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
42 of 45 votes
Environment / Climate
34 of 41 votes
#3
Defence
54 of 59 votes
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
#4
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
Democracy / Parliament
30 of 37 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

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