Apsana Begum, MP for Poplar and Limehouse
Apsana Begum has been an MP since 2019.
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation Bill | 2024 | |
| Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill | 2021 | |
| Education Committee | 2020 to 2024 |
Source: UK Parliament Members API · Parliament’s own page
Declared interests
MPs must publish certain paid work, gifts, donations and other interests. This is a record of what they declared, not a suggestion that anything is wrong.
Apsana Begum has 2 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Shareholdings | Shares in Apsana Begum Ltd | 27 Feb 2023 |
| Miscellaneous | Unpaid Director of Apsana Begum Ltd. | 27 Feb 2023 |
Source: Register of Members’ Financial Interests · Parliament’s own page
Questions
MPs can ask ministers questions in writing. The questions show what an MP is working on, which votes cannot.
Apsana Begum asked 95 written questions in the last 12 months.
Who they asked
Latest questions
Source: Written Questions API · Updated 4 Oct 2026
Expenses
MPs claim back money for running an office and working in two places. An independent body, IPSA, publishes every claim. This is what was paid in 2025-26.
38 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.
Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data
Election result and area
Apsana Begum represents Poplar and Limehouse. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.
Labour
votes ahead of second place
of people who could vote did
Apsana Begum won with 43% of the votes, and Nathalie Bienfait (Green Party) came second with 14%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apsana Begum | Labour | 18,535 | 43.1% |
| Nathalie Bienfait | Green Party | 5,975 | 13.9% |
| Freddie Downing | Conservative | 4,738 | 11.0% |
| Ehtashamul Haque | Independent | 4,554 | 10.6% |
| Richard Flowers | Liberal Democrat | 4,189 | 9.7% |
| Tony Glover | Reform UK | 3,403 | 7.9% |
| Kamran Khan | Workers Party of Britain | 1,463 | 3.4% |
| Manny Lawal | Social Democratic Party | 194 | 0.5% |
2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.
Your area at a glance
Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.
How they vote
In the last 12 months Apsana Begum took part in 190 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Apsana Begum voted the same way as their party in 174 of the 188 votes where parties gave instructions (93%), and went the other way in 14.
What does this mean?
Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high or low count says nothing on its own about whether an MP is good or bad, and we do not rank MPs by it. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. How we count it
Recent votes
| Date | Vote | They voted | Compared with party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Sep | End of life for terminally ill adults: the first main vote | Against | Free vote |
| 11 Sep | A vote to end a debate | Against | Free vote |
| 10 Sep | Social housing: an attempt to block it | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
See every vote on Parliament’s site
Times they voted against their party (14)
| Date | Vote | They voted | Most of their party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Jul | Accountability of public officials: a proposed change | For | Against |
| 13 Jul | Immigration and asylum: the first main vote | Against | For |
| 28 Apr | New rules: Immigration and Asylum (Provision of Accommodation to Failed Asylum-Seekers) | Against | For |
| 28 Apr | New rules: Asylum Seekers (Reception Conditions) | Against | For |
| 28 Apr | Privilege | For | Against |
| 10 Mar | Courts and tribunals: the first main vote | Against | For |
| 10 Mar | Courts and tribunals: an attempt to block it | For | Against |
| 25 Nov | Local government and devolution in England: a proposed change | For | Against |
| 24 Nov | Local government and devolution in England: a proposed change | For | Against |
| 5 Nov | Fraud and error in public payments: changes from the House of Lords | Against | For |
| 29 Oct | Sentencing: a proposed change | For | Against |
| 29 Oct | Sentencing: a proposed change | For | Against |
| 21 Oct | Sentencing: a proposed change | For | Against |
| 14 Oct | Mental health: a proposed change | For | Against |
Has this changed over time?
View data table
| Month | This MP | Party average |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 25 | 81% | 100% |
| Nov 25 | 83% | 100% |
| Dec 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Jan 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Feb 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Mar 26 | 88% | 100% |
| Apr 26 | 92% | 100% |
| May 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jun 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jul 26 | 75% | 99% |
| Sep 26 | 100% | 100% |
Source: Commons Votes API
This page states what the record shows. It does not say why an MP voted as they did. How we calculate this