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Apsana Begum vs Sir Mel Stride

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


Voting alignment

Apsana Begum and Sir Mel Stride voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 863 shared comparable votes.

31 same votes 832 different votes 863 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
5 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 13% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
15 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 12% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No
47 Aye 55 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 102 shared votes
57 Aye 45 No
33 Aye 80 No
Migration 3% aligned 113 shared votes
77 Aye 36 No
23 Aye 16 No
Benefits 3% aligned 39 shared votes
15 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 26 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 50 shared votes
26 Aye 24 No
18 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 40 shared votes
22 Aye 18 No
17 Aye 18 No
Defence 0% aligned 35 shared votes
18 Aye 17 No
10 Aye 24 No
Transport 0% aligned 34 shared votes
24 Aye 10 No
14 Aye 18 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 32 shared votes
18 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
77.9%
5% above average
Rank 248 of 649
1,152
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,850
2,376 eligible divisions
600
52.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
896
48.4% of votes cast
552
47.9% of votes cast
No votes
954
51.6% of votes cast
24
2.1% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

86
+2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 233 of 649
Appearances
29
-54.7 vs Commons average
Rank 559 of 649
95
-50.9 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 649
Contributions
47
-98.9 vs Commons average
Rank 516 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
£2,344,654
all imported IPSA years
£255,110
13% above average
Latest expenses
£236,671
5% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
27
6 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
9
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
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 44 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 41 votes
#5
Trade
75 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

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