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Wera Hobhouse vs Apsana Begum

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


Voting alignment

Wera Hobhouse and Apsana Begum voted the same way 81% of the time, based on 875 shared comparable votes.

707 same votes 168 different votes 875 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
23 Aye 76 No
Migration 100% aligned 99 shared votes
23 Aye 76 No
22 Aye 26 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 48 shared votes
22 Aye 26 No
16 Aye 11 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No
22 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 97% aligned 31 shared votes
21 Aye 10 No
12 Aye 11 No
Foreign Affairs 96% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 13 No
Education 36% aligned 28 shared votes
21 Aye 7 No
12 Aye 17 No
Devolution / Local Government 45% aligned 29 shared votes
24 Aye 5 No
62 Aye 48 No
Tax 48% aligned 110 shared votes
75 Aye 35 No
12 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 49% aligned 37 shared votes
23 Aye 14 No
25 Aye 20 No
Defence 69% aligned 45 shared votes
23 Aye 22 No

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

Voting record

73.3%
1% above average
Rank 353 of 649
Participation
69.5%
3% below average
Rank 441 of 649
1,554
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,152
1,658 eligible divisions
844
54.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
600
52.1% of votes cast
710
45.7% of votes cast
No votes
552
47.9% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
24
2.1% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

141
+59.3 vs Commons average
Rank 77 of 649
Appearances
84
+2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 238 of 649
185
+42.8 vs Commons average
Rank 148 of 649
Contributions
94
-48.2 vs Commons average
Rank 352 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,835,401
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,215,832
all imported IPSA years
£306,189
35% above average
Latest expenses
£255,110
13% above average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
12
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

#1
Benefits
57 of 68 votes
Brexit / EU
170 of 188 votes
#2
Work / Employment
56 of 67 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
Defence
60 of 71 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
36 of 44 votes
Trade
70 of 87 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