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Mike Martin vs Apsana Begum

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


Voting alignment

Mike Martin and Apsana Begum voted the same way 33% of the time, based on 238 shared comparable votes.

79 same votes 159 different votes 238 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 3 No
Migration 100% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 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
9 Aye 1 No
Energy 70% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 60% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
9 Aye 3 No
Transport 0% aligned 12 shared votes
3 Aye 9 No
3 Aye 1 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
25 Aye 30 No
Tax 5% aligned 55 shared votes
33 Aye 22 No
8 Aye 6 No
Defence 7% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 No
15 Aye 15 No
Education 17% aligned 30 shared votes
18 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

58.0%
15% below average
Rank 586 of 649
Participation
69.5%
3% below average
Rank 441 of 649
342
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,152
1,658 eligible divisions
191
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
600
52.1% of votes cast
151
44.2% 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, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

112
+28.4 vs Commons average
Rank 136 of 650
Appearances
86
+2.4 vs Commons average
Rank 233 of 650
148
+2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 211 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

£164,314
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,215,832
all imported IPSA years
£164,314
27% below average
Latest expenses
£255,110
13% above average
41
5 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

Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#1
Benefits
57 of 68 votes
Education
42 of 50 votes
#2
Work / Employment
56 of 67 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
Housing
26 of 32 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
36 of 44 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 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