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Apsana Begum vs Sir Bernard Jenkin

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


Voting alignment

Apsana Begum and Sir Bernard Jenkin voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 917 shared comparable votes.

55 same votes 862 different votes 917 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
14 Aye 18 No
Trade 13% aligned 32 shared votes
16 Aye 16 No
6 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 11% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No
51 Aye 57 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 108 shared votes
60 Aye 48 No
21 Aye 9 No
Housing 7% aligned 30 shared votes
9 Aye 21 No
16 Aye 18 No
Benefits 6% aligned 34 shared votes
16 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 27 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 51 shared votes
27 Aye 24 No
23 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 46 shared votes
23 Aye 23 No
11 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
25 Aye 11 No
23 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
9 Aye 23 No
21 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 26 shared votes
5 Aye 21 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
79.7%
7% above average
Rank 204 of 649
1,152
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,893
2,376 eligible divisions
600
52.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
47.4% of votes cast
552
47.9% of votes cast
No votes
996
52.6% of votes cast
24
2.1% of votes cast
Against party
21
1.1% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

83
+0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 245 of 649
Appearances
126
+43.7 vs Commons average
Rank 102 of 649
92
-51.5 vs Commons average
Rank 361 of 649
Contributions
193
+49.5 vs Commons average
Rank 144 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
£2,529,411
all imported IPSA years
£255,110
13% above average
Latest expenses
£260,047
15% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
5 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
205 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
56 of 67 votes
#2
Migration
158 of 171 votes
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
#3
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 44 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 41 votes
#5
Trade
81 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

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