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Priti Patel vs Apsana Begum

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


Voting alignment

Priti Patel and Apsana Begum voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 669 shared comparable votes.

37 same votes 632 different votes 669 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
6 Aye 18 No
Housing 8% aligned 24 shared votes
18 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 7 No
Energy 8% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
43 Aye 29 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 72 shared votes
31 Aye 41 No
46 Aye 25 No
Migration 4% aligned 71 shared votes
22 Aye 49 No
9 Aye 17 No
Benefits 4% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 21 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 43 shared votes
21 Aye 22 No
12 Aye 19 No
Defence 0% aligned 31 shared votes
19 Aye 12 No
24 Aye 5 No
Transport 0% aligned 29 shared votes
5 Aye 24 No
17 Aye 11 No
Trade 0% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
7 Aye 17 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

61.7%
11% below average
Rank 560 of 649
Participation
69.5%
3% below average
Rank 441 of 649
1,466
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,152
1,658 eligible divisions
666
45.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
600
52.1% of votes cast
800
54.6% of votes cast
No votes
552
47.9% of votes cast
14
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
24
2.1% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

68
-14.3 vs Commons average
Rank 319 of 649
Appearances
83
+0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 245 of 649
95
-48.5 vs Commons average
Rank 348 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

£2,462,741
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,215,832
all imported IPSA years
£244,429
8% above average
Latest expenses
£255,110
13% above average
14
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
12
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
189 of 211 votes
#1
Benefits
57 of 68 votes
Housing
52 of 67 votes
#2
Work / Employment
56 of 67 votes
Trade
70 of 91 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
36 of 44 votes
Tax
217 of 322 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