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Apsana Begum vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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


Voting alignment

Apsana Begum and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 959 shared comparable votes.

39 same votes 920 different votes 959 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 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 11% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 19 No
Democracy / Parliament 7% aligned 29 shared votes
17 Aye 12 No
24 Aye 8 No
Housing 6% aligned 32 shared votes
8 Aye 24 No
18 Aye 19 No
Benefits 5% aligned 37 shared votes
17 Aye 20 No
56 Aye 57 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 113 shared votes
58 Aye 55 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 79 No
Migration 0% aligned 112 shared votes
79 Aye 33 No
24 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 52 shared votes
28 Aye 24 No
23 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 44 shared votes
21 Aye 23 No
27 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 37 shared votes
10 Aye 27 No
13 Aye 21 No
Trade 0% aligned 34 shared votes
21 Aye 13 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
88.8 %
16 % above average
Rank 45 of 648
1,111
1,594 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,054
2,312 eligible divisions
588
52.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
944
46.0 % of votes cast
523
47.1 % of votes cast
No votes
1,110
54.0 % of votes cast
19
1.7 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % 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
103
+42.6 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 648
58
-50.9 vs Commons average
Rank 420 of 648
Contributions
111
+2.1 vs Commons average
Rank 192 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
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£255,110
13 % above average
Latest expenses
£127,783
44 % below average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
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
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Benefits
57 of 68 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 88 votes
Environment / Climate
34 of 41 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Democracy / Parliament
30 of 37 votes
#5
Defence
56 of 59 votes

Recent voting overlap

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