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Shivani Raja vs Apsana Begum

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


Voting alignment

Shivani Raja and Apsana Begum voted the same way 9% of the time, based on 264 shared comparable votes.

25 same votes 239 different votes 264 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
3 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 33% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 4 No
Benefits 22% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No
2 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
16 Aye 5 No
Crime / Justice 19% aligned 21 shared votes
7 Aye 14 No
5 Aye 11 No
Housing 13% aligned 16 shared votes
11 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 58 shared votes
35 Aye 23 No
6 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
9 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 15 shared votes
6 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 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

63.4%
9% below average
Rank 536 of 649
Participation
69.5%
3% below average
Rank 441 of 649
374
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,152
1,658 eligible divisions
187
50.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
600
52.1% of votes cast
187
50.0% of votes cast
No votes
552
47.9% of votes cast
1
0.3% 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

16
-66.1 vs Commons average
Rank 606 of 649
Appearances
84
+1.9 vs Commons average
Rank 241 of 649
18
-124.9 vs Commons average
Rank 611 of 649
Contributions
94
-48.9 vs Commons average
Rank 353 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£205,066
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,215,832
all imported IPSA years
£205,066
9% below average
Latest expenses
£255,110
13% above average
3
3 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

Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
#1
Benefits
57 of 68 votes
Defence
29 of 34 votes
#2
Work / Employment
56 of 67 votes
Housing
27 of 32 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
36 of 44 votes
Transport
22 of 29 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
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API