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Sir Mel Stride vs Apsana Begum

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


Voting alignment

Sir Mel Stride and Apsana Begum voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 863 shared comparable votes.

31 same votes 832 different votes 863 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 6 No
Digital / Online Safety 13% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
14 Aye 12 No
NHS / Health 12% aligned 26 shared votes
15 Aye 11 No
57 Aye 45 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 102 shared votes
47 Aye 55 No
77 Aye 36 No
Migration 3% aligned 113 shared votes
33 Aye 80 No
15 Aye 24 No
Benefits 3% aligned 39 shared votes
23 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 50 shared votes
24 Aye 26 No
22 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 40 shared votes
18 Aye 22 No
18 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 35 shared votes
17 Aye 18 No
24 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 34 shared votes
10 Aye 24 No
18 Aye 14 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 32 shared votes
14 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

77.9%
5% above average
Rank 248 of 649
Participation
69.5%
3% below average
Rank 441 of 649
1,850
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,152
1,658 eligible divisions
896
48.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
600
52.1% of votes cast
954
51.6% of votes cast
No votes
552
47.9% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
24
2.1% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

29
-54.6 vs Commons average
Rank 559 of 650
Appearances
86
+2.4 vs Commons average
Rank 233 of 650
47
-98.7 vs Commons average
Rank 516 of 650
Contributions
95
-50.7 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,344,654
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,215,832
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5% above average
Latest expenses
£255,110
13% above average
27
6 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
9
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
204 of 211 votes
#1
Benefits
57 of 68 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Work / Employment
56 of 67 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
36 of 44 votes
Trade
75 of 91 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 41 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API