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Apsana Begum vs Sir John Whittingdale

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


Voting alignment

Apsana Begum and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 914 shared comparable votes.

39 same votes 875 different votes 914 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
4 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
16 Aye 5 No
Housing 5% aligned 21 shared votes
6 Aye 15 No
15 Aye 9 No
Energy 4% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 No
48 Aye 58 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 106 shared votes
58 Aye 48 No
18 Aye 12 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 25 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 48 shared votes
25 Aye 23 No
23 Aye 20 No
Defence 0% aligned 43 shared votes
20 Aye 23 No
25 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
7 Aye 25 No
15 Aye 15 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 30 shared votes
15 Aye 15 No
14 Aye 16 No
Trade 0% aligned 30 shared votes
16 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
80.5%
8% above average
Rank 187 of 649
1,152
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
600
52.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
915
47.8% of votes cast
552
47.9% of votes cast
No votes
998
52.2% of votes cast
24
2.1% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
34 years, 6 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

86
+2.4 vs Commons average
Rank 233 of 650
Appearances
78
-5.6 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 650
95
-50.7 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 650
Contributions
112
-33.7 vs Commons average
Rank 301 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
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£255,110
13% above average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8% 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
204 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
56 of 67 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
#3
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 44 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 41 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 71 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