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Bob Blackman vs Apsana Begum
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Bob Blackman and Apsana Begum voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,008 shared comparable votes.
56 same votes
952 different votes
1,008 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
87.7%
15% above average
Participation
69.5%
3% below average
2,084
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,152
1,658 eligible divisions
979
47.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
600
52.1% of votes cast
1,105
53.0% of votes cast
No votes
552
47.9% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
24
2.1% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Debates
149
+66.7 vs Commons average
Appearances
83
+0.7 vs Commons average
176
+32.5 vs Commons average
Contributions
92
-51.5 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,215,832
all imported IPSA years
£312,612
38% above average
Latest expenses
£255,110
13% above average
10
6 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
8
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
No
Aye
No
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
No
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API