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Ian Roome vs Apsana Begum

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


Voting alignment

Ian Roome and Apsana Begum voted the same way 34% of the time, based on 242 shared comparable votes.

82 same votes 160 different votes 242 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 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 2 No
Migration 100% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 71% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 5 No
Housing 67% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 0 No
Energy 63% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 1 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
10 Aye 7 No
Defence 6% aligned 17 shared votes
6 Aye 11 No
26 Aye 20 No
Tax 9% aligned 46 shared votes
24 Aye 22 No
7 Aye 3 No
Transport 10% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 21% aligned 24 shared votes
18 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

54.2%
18% below average
Rank 610 of 649
Participation
69.5%
3% below average
Rank 441 of 649
320
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,152
1,658 eligible divisions
178
55.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
600
52.1% of votes cast
142
44.4% 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

91
+7.4 vs Commons average
Rank 216 of 650
Appearances
86
+2.4 vs Commons average
Rank 233 of 650
117
-28.7 vs Commons average
Rank 285 of 650
Contributions
95
-50.7 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£156,328
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,215,832
all imported IPSA years
£156,328
31% below average
Latest expenses
£255,110
13% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
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

Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#1
Benefits
57 of 68 votes
Benefits
26 of 30 votes
#2
Work / Employment
56 of 67 votes
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
Trade
5 of 7 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
36 of 44 votes
Education
35 of 50 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