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Apsana Begum

Labour Poplar and Limehouse

Voting record

3
Voted for
4
Voted against
2
Didn’t vote

Based on 9 recorded Commons divisions at Second or Third Reading of bills tracked by Hear, Hear — not a full voting record. “Didn’t vote” means Parliament has no vote recorded for them in that division (absent, abstained, paired, or excused). See the All votes tab below for every division.

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Every Commons division on file for Apsana Begum — amendments, motions and opposition-day votes as well as bills. Took part in 1,153 of 1,658 (70%).

2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading Ayes 411, Noes 102 Aye
7 Jul 2026 Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners Ayes 115, Noes 0 Aye
24 Jun 2026 Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 Ayes 332, Noes 94 Aye
10 Jun 2026 Railways Bill: Third Reading Ayes 278, Noes 149 Aye
20 May 2026 King's Speech Motion for an Address Ayes 307, Noes 171 Aye
28 Apr 2026 Privilege Ayes 223, Noes 335 Aye
27 Apr 2026 Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion Ayes 279, Noes 176 Aye
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Covers 9 Mar 2016 to 11 Sep 2026 — Parliament’s votes data doesn’t go back further. “No vote recorded” is Parliament’s own list of members with nothing recorded for that division: it can mean absent, deliberately abstaining, paired, or excused, and the data doesn’t say which. Click a division title for Parliament’s own page for it.

Government & opposition roles

No government or shadow front-bench post on file for Apsana Begum — most MPs never hold one, so this is the normal state for a backbencher, not a gap in the data.

Declared financial interests

From Parliament’s Register of Members’ Financial Interests — Parliament’s official register for Apsana Begum →. Topic tags below are our own automated, best-effort keyword match, not Parliament’s classification.

7. (i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital

Name of company or organisation: Apsana Begum Ltd
Nature of business: A company created to deliver campaigns and support my work as an MP.
Interest held: from 10 January 2023
(Registered 27 February 2023)

8. Miscellaneous

Unpaid Director of Apsana Begum Ltd.
Date interest arose: 10 January 2023
(Registered 27 February 2023)

Employment & business

Written questions to government

No written questions on file for Apsana Begum yet — this only covers what Hear, Hear has fetched so far (see Written questions), not necessarily every question Apsana Begum has ever tabled.

Business costs (IPSA)

£276,876.16 paid out to or for Apsana Begum across 99 claims — combining every financial year on file, not just the current one — covering office costs, accommodation, travel, and bought-in/temporary staffing. This does not include Apsana Begum’s permanent staff’s salaries — typically the biggest single share of an MP’s real costs — which IPSA only publishes once a year, after the year closes, as one aggregate figure, never as individual claims. Some categories (especially travel) are reported by IPSA as one whole-year total rather than itemised by date — marked “Aggregated” below. See MP expenses to filter this to a single year.

By category
Staffing — £241,589.92 (14 claims)
Office Costs — £34,919.66 (82 claims)
Staff Travel — £300.19 (2 claims)
MP Travel — £66.39 (1 claim)
Most recent claims
Software & applications — £67.28, 2026-03-17 — BUFFER PLAN [200013613-213]
Maintenance, Redecorations & Repairs — £80.00, 2026-03-10 — Constitiency office - required moving and re-fitting of the wall whiteboard and coat rack
Stationery & printing — £453.60, 2026-02-04 — JUPITER ASSOCIATES LTD
Bought-in services — £2,000.00, 2026-01-31 — Professional & consultancy
Software & applications — £738.00, 2026-01-27 — ELECTED TECHNOLOGIES
Bought-in services — £73.26, 2026-01-06 — Professional & consultancy
Bought-in services — £1,845.36, 2025-11-30 — Administrative services
Software & applications — £67.43, 2025-11-30 — BUFFER PLAN

Every claim on file for Apsana Begum →

Early Day Motions

Apsana Begum has tabled 8 Early Day Motions on file (as primary sponsor), drawing 169 sponsor signatures in total across them. This only counts motions Apsana Begum personally tabled — not motions Apsana Begum may have added their name to as a supporter, which this data source doesn’t track per MP. See Early Day Motions for what this does and doesn’t cover.

Most recent tabled
Flooding in Bangladesh — tabled 2026-07-13, 13 sponsors
138th anniversary of the Matchgirls' Strike — tabled 2026-07-07, 11 sponsors
Technology companies and crimes against Palestinians — tabled 2026-06-29, 49 sponsors
48th anniversary of the murder of Altab Ali — tabled 2026-05-14, 18 sponsors

All-Party Parliamentary Groups

Apsana Begum is a listed officer of 6 All-Party Parliamentary Groups on file. See APPGs for the full register and the biggest funders overall.

All-Party Parliamentary Group for Black Maternal Health — Officer
No declared funding on file.
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Bangladesh — Chair & Registered Contact
No declared funding on file.
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Domestic Violence and Abuse — Chair & Registered Contact
Declared funding: Women's Aid Federation of England (£1,501-3,000).
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Global Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights — Vice Chair
Declared funding: UNFPA (£29,201); European Parliamentary Forum for Sexual and Reproductive Rights (£36,339).
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Rohingya — Vice Chair
No declared funding on file.
Who funds these groups

Biggest declared funder across these groups: European Parliamentary Forum for Sexual and Reproductive Rights — about £36,339.00 across 1 group (All-Party Parliamentary Group on Global Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights).

European Parliamentary Forum for Sexual and Reproductive Rights — about £36,339.00, 1 group
UNFPA — about £29,201.00, 1 group
Women's Aid Federation of England — about £2,250.50, 1 group

Read this carefully: funding is declared by the group (often to pay for a secretariat that runs it), not paid to Apsana Begum personally, and declaring it is a legal requirement rather than a sign of wrongdoing. This only covers groups Apsana Begum is a listed officer of — ordinary members aren’t published. Amounts are Parliament’s own figures; where it gave a banded range the midpoint is used, so totals are approximate. Funders are grouped by name, so the same organisation spelled very differently may appear twice.

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