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Monica Harding vs Apsana Begum

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

Photograph of Monica Harding
Monica Harding
LD Esher and Walton
vs
Photograph of Apsana Begum
Apsana Begum
Lab Poplar and Limehouse

Voting alignment

Monica Harding and Apsana Begum voted the same way 33% of the time, based on 280 shared comparable votes.

92 same votes 188 different votes 280 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
8 Aye 1 No
Energy 67% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 60% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 2 No
Transport 0% aligned 10 shared votes
2 Aye 8 No
3 Aye 1 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 15 No
Education 5% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
29 Aye 36 No
Tax 5% aligned 65 shared votes
39 Aye 26 No
10 Aye 6 No
Defence 13% aligned 16 shared votes
4 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

66.6%
6% below average
Rank 488 of 649
Participation
69.5%
3% below average
Rank 441 of 649
393
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,152
1,658 eligible divisions
207
52.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
600
52.1% of votes cast
186
47.3% of votes cast
No votes
552
47.9% of votes cast
15
3.8% 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

167
+83.4 vs Commons average
Rank 46 of 650
Appearances
86
+2.4 vs Commons average
Rank 233 of 650
199
+53.3 vs Commons average
Rank 139 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

£225,810
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,215,832
all imported IPSA years
£225,810
same as average
Latest expenses
£255,110
13% above average
16
6 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
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
Benefits
25 of 30 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
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
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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
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
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
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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Voting source Commons Votes API