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Sir Julian Smith vs Apsana Begum

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


Voting alignment

Sir Julian Smith and Apsana Begum voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 902 shared comparable votes.

56 same votes 846 different votes 902 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 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 29% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
16 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 13% aligned 31 shared votes
19 Aye 12 No
64 Aye 45 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 109 shared votes
49 Aye 60 No
14 Aye 29 No
Benefits 5% aligned 43 shared votes
27 Aye 16 No
7 Aye 16 No
Housing 4% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
10 Aye 26 No
Education 0% aligned 36 shared votes
26 Aye 10 No
18 Aye 17 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 35 shared votes
17 Aye 18 No
17 Aye 14 No
Trade 0% aligned 31 shared votes
14 Aye 17 No
18 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 29 shared votes
11 Aye 18 No
5 Aye 22 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 27 shared votes
22 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

77.3%
5% above average
Rank 257 of 649
Participation
69.5%
3% below average
Rank 441 of 649
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,152
1,658 eligible divisions
884
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
600
52.1% of votes cast
953
51.9% 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
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

97
+14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 649
Appearances
83
+0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 245 of 649
115
-28.5 vs Commons average
Rank 288 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

£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,215,832
all imported IPSA years
£259,624
15% above average
Latest expenses
£255,110
13% above average
5
5 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

Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#1
Benefits
57 of 68 votes
Defence
62 of 71 votes
#2
Work / Employment
56 of 67 votes
Energy
61 of 70 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
36 of 44 votes
Crime / Justice
191 of 230 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 41 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API