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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 886 shared comparable votes.

37 same votes 849 different votes 886 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 4 No
Housing 5% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
15 Aye 7 No
Energy 5% aligned 22 shared votes
6 Aye 16 No
48 Aye 58 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 106 shared votes
58 Aye 48 No
10 Aye 19 No
Transport 3% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 25 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 48 shared votes
25 Aye 23 No
23 Aye 18 No
Defence 0% aligned 41 shared votes
18 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

69.7 %
4 % below average
Rank 444 of 648
Participation
80.8 %
8 % above average
Rank 201 of 648
1,111
1,594 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,868
2,312 eligible divisions
588
52.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
884
47.3 % of votes cast
523
47.1 % of votes cast
No votes
984
52.7 % of votes cast
19
1.7 % of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6 % of votes cast
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
34 years, 1 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

48
-12.4 vs Commons average
Rank 346 of 648
Appearances
61
+0.6 vs Commons average
Rank 224 of 648
58
-50.9 vs Commons average
Rank 420 of 648
Contributions
77
-31.9 vs Commons average
Rank 315 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
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£255,110
13 % above average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8 % above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
6 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
204 of 211 votes
Benefits
57 of 68 votes
#2
Migration
156 of 169 votes
Environment / Climate
34 of 41 votes
#3
Trade
80 of 88 votes
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
30 of 37 votes
#5
Defence
49 of 59 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API