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Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst vs Apsana Begum

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


Voting alignment

Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst and Apsana Begum voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 333 shared comparable votes.

22 same votes 311 different votes 333 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
4 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 50% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
17 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 28% aligned 29 shared votes
14 Aye 15 No
2 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 11 No
Housing 12% aligned 17 shared votes
11 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 16 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
14 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 47 No
Tax 0% aligned 81 shared votes
47 Aye 34 No
10 Aye 19 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
19 Aye 10 No
3 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 18 shared votes
15 Aye 3 No
10 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No
6 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

78.1%
6% above average
Rank 239 of 649
Participation
69.5%
3% below average
Rank 441 of 649
461
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,152
1,658 eligible divisions
206
44.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
600
52.1% of votes cast
255
55.3% of votes cast
No votes
552
47.9% of votes cast
17
3.7% 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

111
+29.2 vs Commons average
Rank 131 of 649
Appearances
83
+1.2 vs Commons average
Rank 244 of 649
139
-3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 217 of 649
Contributions
92
-50.7 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£202,248
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,215,832
all imported IPSA years
£202,248
11% below average
Latest expenses
£255,110
13% above average
12
5 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
2
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
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
#2
Work / Employment
56 of 67 votes
Defence
30 of 34 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
Tax
98 of 112 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
36 of 44 votes
Housing
28 of 32 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 41 votes

Recent voting overlap

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