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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 992 shared comparable votes.

42 same votes 950 different votes 992 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
11 Aye 21 No
Democracy / Parliament 6% aligned 32 shared votes
19 Aye 13 No
24 Aye 9 No
Housing 6% aligned 33 shared votes
9 Aye 24 No
18 Aye 19 No
Benefits 5% aligned 37 shared votes
17 Aye 20 No
57 Aye 57 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 114 shared votes
59 Aye 55 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 80 No
Migration 0% aligned 113 shared votes
80 Aye 33 No
24 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 52 shared votes
28 Aye 24 No
23 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 46 shared votes
23 Aye 23 No
28 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 38 shared votes
10 Aye 28 No
14 Aye 21 No
Trade 0% aligned 35 shared votes
21 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
88.7%
16% above average
Rank 32 of 649
1,152
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
600
52.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
976
46.3% of votes cast
552
47.9% of votes cast
No votes
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
24
2.1% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

86
+2.4 vs Commons average
Rank 233 of 650
Appearances
150
+66.4 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 650
95
-50.7 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 650
Contributions
154
+8.3 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 650

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
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 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
210 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
56 of 67 votes
#2
Trade
89 of 91 votes
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 44 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 41 votes
#5
Defence
67 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

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