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Kirsty Blackman vs Apsana Begum
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Kirsty Blackman and Apsana Begum voted the same way 92% of the time, based on 598 shared comparable votes.
551 same votes
47 different votes
598 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
55.4%
17% below average
Participation
68.8%
4% below average
1,333
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,161
1,688 eligible divisions
761
57.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
601
51.8% of votes cast
572
42.9% of votes cast
No votes
560
48.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
24
2.1% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Debates
101
+10.0 vs Commons average
Appearances
87
-4.0 vs Commons average
149
-9.5 vs Commons average
Contributions
95
-63.5 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£2,143,527
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,215,832
all imported IPSA years
£320,448
42% above average
Latest expenses
£255,110
13% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
3
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API