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Patrick Spencer vs Apsana Begum

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


Voting alignment

Patrick Spencer and Apsana Begum voted the same way 8% of the time, based on 308 shared comparable votes.

26 same votes 282 different votes 308 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
15 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 22% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No
6 Aye 11 No
Housing 12% aligned 17 shared votes
11 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 17 No
Benefits 9% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 No
12 Aye 8 No
Transport 5% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 No
5 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 4% aligned 25 shared votes
19 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
37 Aye 35 No
6 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 No
10 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No
2 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 16 shared votes
14 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 7 No
Energy 0% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

70.3%
2% below average
Rank 424 of 649
Participation
69.5%
3% below average
Rank 441 of 649
415
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,152
1,658 eligible divisions
193
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
600
52.1% of votes cast
222
53.5% 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, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

7
-75.2 vs Commons average
Rank 626 of 649
Appearances
84
+1.8 vs Commons average
Rank 239 of 649
7
-136.3 vs Commons average
Rank 625 of 649
Contributions
94
-49.3 vs Commons average
Rank 356 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£159,842
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,215,832
all imported IPSA years
£159,842
29% below average
Latest expenses
£255,110
13% above average
7
4 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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Benefits
57 of 68 votes
Defence
30 of 34 votes
#2
Work / Employment
56 of 67 votes
Housing
28 of 32 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
36 of 44 votes
Crime / Justice
52 of 62 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 41 votes

Recent voting overlap

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