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Blake Stephenson vs Apsana Begum

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


Voting alignment

Blake Stephenson and Apsana Begum voted the same way 8% of the time, based on 311 shared comparable votes.

26 same votes 285 different votes 311 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
16 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 25% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
5 Aye 9 No
Housing 14% aligned 14 shared votes
9 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 17 No
Benefits 10% aligned 21 shared votes
15 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 9 No
Energy 7% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No
11 Aye 7 No
Transport 6% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 46 No
Tax 0% aligned 79 shared votes
46 Aye 33 No
6 Aye 18 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
18 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 16 shared votes
14 Aye 2 No
9 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

71.4%
1% below average
Rank 397 of 649
Participation
69.5%
3% below average
Rank 441 of 649
421
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,152
1,658 eligible divisions
191
45.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
600
52.1% of votes cast
230
54.6% of votes cast
No votes
552
47.9% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
24
2.1% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

82
-0.2 vs Commons average
Rank 251 of 649
Appearances
84
+1.8 vs Commons average
Rank 239 of 649
140
-3.3 vs Commons average
Rank 213 of 649
Contributions
94
-49.3 vs Commons average
Rank 356 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£203,629
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,215,832
all imported IPSA years
£203,629
10% below average
Latest expenses
£255,110
13% above average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Benefits
57 of 68 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#2
Work / Employment
56 of 67 votes
Crime / Justice
51 of 62 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
Tax
92 of 112 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
36 of 44 votes
Work / Employment
31 of 39 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 41 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