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Tom Gordon vs Apsana Begum

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


Voting alignment

Tom Gordon and Apsana Begum voted the same way 34% of the time, based on 291 shared comparable votes.

100 same votes 191 different votes 291 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 2 No
Migration 100% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
5 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 88% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
8 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 70% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 7 No
Housing 67% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 37 No
Tax 6% aligned 66 shared votes
39 Aye 27 No
10 Aye 8 No
Defence 11% aligned 18 shared votes
6 Aye 12 No
5 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 21% aligned 19 shared votes
16 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 23% aligned 22 shared votes
16 Aye 6 No
11 Aye 10 No
Education 24% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

67.8%
5% below average
Rank 467 of 649
Participation
69.5%
3% below average
Rank 441 of 649
400
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,152
1,658 eligible divisions
219
54.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
600
52.1% of votes cast
181
45.3% of votes cast
No votes
552
47.9% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
24
2.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

199
+115.4 vs Commons average
Rank 22 of 650
Appearances
86
+2.4 vs Commons average
Rank 233 of 650
282
+136.3 vs Commons average
Rank 68 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

£217,333
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,215,832
all imported IPSA years
£217,333
4% below average
Latest expenses
£255,110
13% above average
3
2 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

Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#1
Benefits
57 of 68 votes
#2
Work / Employment
56 of 67 votes
Benefits
26 of 30 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
Housing
26 of 32 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
36 of 44 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 41 votes

Recent voting overlap

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