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Dr Ellie Chowns vs Apsana Begum

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ellie Chowns and Apsana Begum voted the same way 79% of the time, based on 329 shared comparable votes.

260 same votes 69 different votes 329 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
3 Aye 8 No
Migration 100% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
23 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 97% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 12 No
Devolution / Local Government 21% aligned 14 shared votes
13 Aye 1 No
12 Aye 7 No
Defence 68% aligned 19 shared votes
6 Aye 13 No
34 Aye 22 No
Tax 79% aligned 56 shared votes
36 Aye 20 No
16 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 79% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No
11 Aye 7 No
Benefits 83% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

80.0%
7% above average
Rank 197 of 649
Participation
69.5%
3% below average
Rank 441 of 649
472
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,152
1,658 eligible divisions
264
55.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
600
52.1% of votes cast
208
44.1% of votes cast
No votes
552
47.9% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
24
2.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

232
+148.3 vs Commons average
Rank 11 of 649
Appearances
86
+2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 233 of 649
347
+201.1 vs Commons average
Rank 48 of 649
Contributions
95
-50.9 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£176,497
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,215,832
all imported IPSA years
£176,497
22% below average
Latest expenses
£255,110
13% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
4
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
Housing
31 of 32 votes
#2
Work / Employment
56 of 67 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
36 of 44 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 41 votes

Recent voting overlap

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