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Paul Holmes vs Apsana Begum

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


Voting alignment

Paul Holmes and Apsana Begum voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 954 shared comparable votes.

49 same votes 905 different votes 954 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 7 No
Digital / Online Safety 11% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
9 Aye 18 No
Housing 7% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
14 Aye 18 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 32 shared votes
20 Aye 12 No
56 Aye 51 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 107 shared votes
53 Aye 54 No
7 Aye 19 No
Energy 4% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 52 shared votes
24 Aye 28 No
20 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 42 shared votes
22 Aye 20 No
21 Aye 15 No
Trade 0% aligned 36 shared votes
15 Aye 21 No
18 Aye 16 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 34 shared votes
16 Aye 18 No
24 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 34 shared votes
10 Aye 24 No

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

Voting record

85.0%
12% above average
Rank 93 of 649
Participation
69.5%
3% below average
Rank 441 of 649
1,410
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,152
1,658 eligible divisions
702
49.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
600
52.1% of votes cast
708
50.2% of votes cast
No votes
552
47.9% of votes cast
5
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
24
2.1% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

112
+29.7 vs Commons average
Rank 129 of 649
Appearances
83
+0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 245 of 649
385
+241.5 vs Commons average
Rank 39 of 649
Contributions
92
-51.5 vs Commons average
Rank 361 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,091,272
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,215,832
all imported IPSA years
£234,722
4% above average
Latest expenses
£255,110
13% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
3
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
63 of 63 votes
#1
Benefits
57 of 68 votes
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
#2
Work / Employment
56 of 67 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
36 of 44 votes
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 44 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