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Apsana Begum vs Sir Oliver Dowden
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Apsana Begum and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 780 shared comparable votes.
37 same votes
743 different votes
780 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
69.5%
3% below average
Participation
70.5%
2% below average
1,152
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
600
52.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
781
46.6% of votes cast
552
47.9% of votes cast
No votes
895
53.4% of votes cast
24
2.1% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Debates
86
+2.3 vs Commons average
Appearances
60
-23.7 vs Commons average
95
-50.9 vs Commons average
Contributions
66
-79.9 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£1,215,832
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£255,110
13% above average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
17
4 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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Aye
No
Where they voted the same
No
No
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API