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Edward Argar vs Apsana Begum

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


Voting alignment

Edward Argar and Apsana Begum voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,033 shared comparable votes.

51 same votes 982 different votes 1,033 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
2 Aye 7 No
Digital / Online Safety 11% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
70 Aye 53 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 123 shared votes
57 Aye 66 No
15 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 31 shared votes
18 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 24 No
Housing 6% aligned 32 shared votes
24 Aye 8 No
19 Aye 31 No
Benefits 4% aligned 50 shared votes
29 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 52 shared votes
24 Aye 28 No
23 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 46 shared votes
23 Aye 23 No
11 Aye 28 No
Education 0% aligned 39 shared votes
28 Aye 11 No
18 Aye 18 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 36 shared votes
18 Aye 18 No
21 Aye 13 No
Trade 0% aligned 34 shared votes
13 Aye 21 No

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

Voting record

89.9%
17% above average
Rank 20 of 649
Participation
69.5%
3% below average
Rank 441 of 649
2,136
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,152
1,658 eligible divisions
1,016
47.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
600
52.1% of votes cast
1,120
52.4% of votes cast
No votes
552
47.9% of votes cast
2
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
24
2.1% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

83
+0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 240 of 649
Appearances
83
+0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 245 of 649
129
-14.5 vs Commons average
Rank 235 of 649
Contributions
92
-51.5 vs Commons average
Rank 361 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,201,891
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,215,832
all imported IPSA years
£201,413
11% below average
Latest expenses
£255,110
13% above average
1
1 registered category
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

Brexit / EU
209 of 211 votes
#1
Benefits
57 of 68 votes
Migration
164 of 171 votes
#2
Work / Employment
56 of 67 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
Democracy / Parliament
45 of 47 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
36 of 44 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 41 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API