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Sir Geoffrey Cox vs Apsana Begum

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


Voting alignment

Sir Geoffrey Cox and Apsana Begum voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 748 shared comparable votes.

38 same votes 710 different votes 748 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
2 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
8 Aye 15 No
Housing 9% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
56 Aye 43 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 99 shared votes
46 Aye 53 No
7 Aye 16 No
Energy 4% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 26 shared votes
17 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 19 No
Defence 0% aligned 36 shared votes
19 Aye 17 No
20 Aye 12 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 32 shared votes
12 Aye 20 No
18 Aye 13 No
Trade 0% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 No
6 Aye 24 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
24 Aye 6 No
14 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

66.1%
6% below average
Rank 498 of 649
Participation
69.5%
3% below average
Rank 441 of 649
1,571
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,152
1,658 eligible divisions
740
47.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
600
52.1% of votes cast
831
52.9% of votes cast
No votes
552
47.9% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
24
2.1% of votes cast
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

8
-75.7 vs Commons average
Rank 627 of 649
Appearances
86
+2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 233 of 649
13
-132.9 vs Commons average
Rank 621 of 649
Contributions
95
-50.9 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,716,834
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,215,832
all imported IPSA years
£264,705
17% above average
Latest expenses
£255,110
13% above average
16
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
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
173 of 211 votes
#1
Benefits
57 of 68 votes
Digital / Online Safety
48 of 60 votes
#2
Work / Employment
56 of 67 votes
Trade
72 of 91 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
Migration
126 of 171 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
36 of 44 votes
Defence
52 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