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Marie Goldman vs Apsana Begum

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

Photograph of Marie Goldman
Marie Goldman
LD Chelmsford
vs
Photograph of Apsana Begum
Apsana Begum
Lab Poplar and Limehouse

Voting alignment

Marie Goldman and Apsana Begum voted the same way 35% of the time, based on 309 shared comparable votes.

108 same votes 201 different votes 309 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
7 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 80% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 1 No
Energy 67% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
8 Aye 6 No
Housing 64% aligned 14 shared votes
9 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 1 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
30 Aye 38 No
Tax 4% aligned 68 shared votes
41 Aye 27 No
8 Aye 7 No
Defence 7% aligned 15 shared votes
6 Aye 9 No
14 Aye 17 No
Education 16% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
5 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 20% aligned 20 shared votes
17 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

71.4%
1% below average
Rank 398 of 649
Participation
69.5%
3% below average
Rank 441 of 649
421
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,152
1,658 eligible divisions
226
53.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
600
52.1% of votes cast
195
46.3% 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, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

55
-28.6 vs Commons average
Rank 424 of 650
Appearances
86
+2.4 vs Commons average
Rank 233 of 650
70
-75.7 vs Commons average
Rank 447 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

£150,033
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,215,832
all imported IPSA years
£150,033
34% below average
Latest expenses
£255,110
13% above average
8
3 registered categories
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

Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#1
Benefits
57 of 68 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 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
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 41 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
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