Compare

Rebecca Smith vs Apsana Begum

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


Voting alignment

Rebecca Smith and Apsana Begum voted the same way 10% of the time, based on 270 shared comparable votes.

27 same votes 243 different votes 270 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
1 Aye 8 No
Benefits 22% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
14 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 22% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
3 Aye 7 No
Housing 20% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 39 No
Tax 0% aligned 68 shared votes
39 Aye 29 No
7 Aye 14 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 4 No
Defence 0% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
1 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 9 shared votes
8 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 2 No
Migration 0% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

70.5%
2% below average
Rank 419 of 649
Participation
69.5%
3% below average
Rank 441 of 649
416
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,152
1,658 eligible divisions
196
47.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
600
52.1% of votes cast
220
52.9% 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

146
+64.3 vs Commons average
Rank 72 of 649
Appearances
83
+1.3 vs Commons average
Rank 244 of 649
264
+121.7 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 649
Contributions
93
-49.3 vs Commons average
Rank 353 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£213,132
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,215,832
all imported IPSA years
£213,132
6% below average
Latest expenses
£255,110
13% above average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
2
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
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
36 of 44 votes
Tax
88 of 112 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