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Sir Iain Duncan Smith vs Apsana Begum
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Sir Iain Duncan Smith and Apsana Begum voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 912 shared comparable votes.
52 same votes
860 different votes
912 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
81.4%
9% above average
Participation
69.5%
3% below average
1,935
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,152
1,658 eligible divisions
887
45.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
600
52.1% of votes cast
1,048
54.2% of votes cast
No votes
552
47.9% of votes cast
41
2.1% of votes cast
Against party
24
2.1% of votes cast
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Debates
96
+13.7 vs Commons average
Appearances
83
+0.7 vs Commons average
167
+23.5 vs Commons average
Contributions
92
-51.5 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,215,832
all imported IPSA years
£265,254
17% above average
Latest expenses
£255,110
13% above average
9
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
6
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
No
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
No
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API