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Sir Alec Shelbrooke vs Apsana Begum

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


Voting alignment

Sir Alec Shelbrooke and Apsana Begum voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 800 shared comparable votes.

36 same votes 764 different votes 800 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
10 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 11% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 24 No
Housing 6% aligned 33 shared votes
24 Aye 9 No
6 Aye 16 No
Energy 5% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 No
51 Aye 43 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 94 shared votes
45 Aye 49 No
43 Aye 33 No
Migration 4% aligned 76 shared votes
30 Aye 46 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 50 shared votes
23 Aye 27 No
22 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 45 shared votes
23 Aye 22 No
21 Aye 15 No
Trade 0% aligned 36 shared votes
15 Aye 21 No
16 Aye 19 No
Benefits 0% aligned 35 shared votes
19 Aye 16 No
16 Aye 17 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 33 shared votes
17 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

72.4%
same as average
Rank 370 of 649
Participation
69.5%
3% below average
Rank 441 of 649
1,720
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,152
1,658 eligible divisions
790
45.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
600
52.1% of votes cast
930
54.1% of votes cast
No votes
552
47.9% of votes cast
7
0.4% 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

145
+62.7 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 649
Appearances
83
+0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 245 of 649
181
+37.5 vs Commons average
Rank 155 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

£2,686,484
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,215,832
all imported IPSA years
£274,658
21% above average
Latest expenses
£255,110
13% above average
4
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
202 of 211 votes
#1
Benefits
57 of 68 votes
Trade
86 of 91 votes
#2
Work / Employment
56 of 67 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
Housing
62 of 67 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
36 of 44 votes
Defence
65 of 71 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