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Esther McVey vs Apsana Begum

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


Voting alignment

Esther McVey and Apsana Begum voted the same way 8% of the time, based on 682 shared comparable votes.

53 same votes 629 different votes 682 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 10 No
NHS / Health 46% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 6 No
Digital / Online Safety 22% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
46 Aye 39 No
Crime / Justice 12% aligned 85 shared votes
43 Aye 42 No
8 Aye 9 No
Housing 12% aligned 17 shared votes
11 Aye 6 No
13 Aye 13 No
Benefits 12% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 55 No
Tax 0% aligned 87 shared votes
55 Aye 32 No
21 Aye 17 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 38 shared votes
17 Aye 21 No
15 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 37 shared votes
22 Aye 15 No
12 Aye 12 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
16 Aye 7 No
Trade 0% aligned 23 shared votes
7 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

64.7%
8% below average
Rank 522 of 649
Participation
69.5%
3% below average
Rank 441 of 649
1,373
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,152
1,658 eligible divisions
630
45.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
600
52.1% of votes cast
743
54.1% of votes cast
No votes
552
47.9% of votes cast
54
3.9% of votes cast
Against party
24
2.1% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

109
+26.8 vs Commons average
Rank 141 of 649
Appearances
84
+1.8 vs Commons average
Rank 239 of 649
160
+16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 178 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

£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,215,832
all imported IPSA years
£295,931
31% above average
Latest expenses
£255,110
13% above average
7
3 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
62 of 69 votes
#1
Benefits
57 of 68 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
#2
Work / Employment
56 of 67 votes
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
Trade
68 of 87 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
36 of 44 votes
Transport
67 of 88 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