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Lisa Smart vs Apsana Begum

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


Voting alignment

Lisa Smart and Apsana Begum voted the same way 33% of the time, based on 284 shared comparable votes.

93 same votes 191 different votes 284 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 4 No
Migration 100% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 88% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 71% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 1 No
Energy 67% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
8 Aye 6 No
Benefits 64% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 31 No
Tax 5% aligned 60 shared votes
34 Aye 26 No
10 Aye 3 No
Transport 8% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 8 No
Defence 11% aligned 18 shared votes
6 Aye 12 No
15 Aye 17 No
Education 16% aligned 32 shared votes
20 Aye 12 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

66.4%
6% below average
Rank 493 of 649
Participation
69.5%
3% below average
Rank 441 of 649
392
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,152
1,658 eligible divisions
216
55.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
600
52.1% of votes cast
176
44.9% of votes cast
No votes
552
47.9% of votes cast
2
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
24
2.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

174
+90.4 vs Commons average
Rank 37 of 650
Appearances
86
+2.4 vs Commons average
Rank 233 of 650
247
+101.3 vs Commons average
Rank 88 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

£239,061
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,215,832
all imported IPSA years
£239,061
6% above average
Latest expenses
£255,110
13% above average
21
4 registered categories
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

Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#1
Benefits
57 of 68 votes
#2
Work / Employment
56 of 67 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
Education
43 of 50 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
36 of 44 votes
Defence
28 of 34 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