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Mark Garnier vs Apsana Begum

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


Voting alignment

Mark Garnier and Apsana Begum voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 955 shared comparable votes.

40 same votes 915 different votes 955 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
0 Aye 7 No
Digital / Online Safety 14% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
15 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 12% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No
9 Aye 21 No
Housing 7% aligned 30 shared votes
21 Aye 9 No
61 Aye 50 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 111 shared votes
53 Aye 58 No
15 Aye 27 No
Benefits 5% aligned 42 shared votes
25 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 51 shared votes
23 Aye 28 No
23 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 46 shared votes
23 Aye 23 No
10 Aye 27 No
Education 0% aligned 37 shared votes
27 Aye 10 No
20 Aye 15 No
Trade 0% aligned 35 shared votes
15 Aye 20 No
18 Aye 14 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 32 shared votes
14 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

83.5%
11% above average
Rank 121 of 649
Participation
69.5%
3% below average
Rank 441 of 649
1,985
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,152
1,658 eligible divisions
970
48.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
600
52.1% of votes cast
1,015
51.1% of votes cast
No votes
552
47.9% of votes cast
25
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
24
2.1% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

76
-7.6 vs Commons average
Rank 289 of 650
Appearances
86
+2.4 vs Commons average
Rank 233 of 650
123
-22.7 vs Commons average
Rank 263 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

£2,564,250
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,215,832
all imported IPSA years
£260,744
15% above average
Latest expenses
£255,110
13% above average
22
7 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
4
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

Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
#1
Benefits
57 of 68 votes
Trade
86 of 91 votes
#2
Work / Employment
56 of 67 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
36 of 44 votes
Migration
152 of 171 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 41 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API