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Peter Fortune vs Apsana Begum

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


Voting alignment

Peter Fortune and Apsana Begum voted the same way 8% of the time, based on 315 shared comparable votes.

25 same votes 290 different votes 315 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
5 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 40% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
15 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 22% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No
2 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 4 No
Housing 10% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 17 No
Benefits 9% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 45 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
45 Aye 29 No
10 Aye 18 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
18 Aye 10 No
3 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 18 shared votes
15 Aye 3 No
10 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No
7 Aye 2 No
Defence 0% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

72.2%
same as average
Rank 375 of 649
Participation
69.5%
3% below average
Rank 441 of 649
426
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,152
1,658 eligible divisions
188
44.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
600
52.1% of votes cast
238
55.9% of votes cast
No votes
552
47.9% of votes cast
2
0.5% 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

121
+38.8 vs Commons average
Rank 109 of 649
Appearances
84
+1.8 vs Commons average
Rank 239 of 649
145
+1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 206 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

£180,830
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,215,832
all imported IPSA years
£180,830
20% below average
Latest expenses
£255,110
13% above average
4
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
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
#2
Work / Employment
56 of 67 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
36 of 44 votes
Crime / Justice
50 of 62 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 41 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API