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Andy McDonald vs Mr Peter Bedford

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


Voting alignment

Andy McDonald and Mr Peter Bedford voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 338 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 329 different votes 338 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
11 Aye 6 No
Benefits 18% aligned 17 shared votes
3 Aye 14 No
3 Aye 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
11 Aye 7 No
Housing 6% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
25 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 48 shared votes
21 Aye 27 No
40 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
30 Aye 40 No
Most different by topic
40 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
30 Aye 40 No
26 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 37 shared votes
11 Aye 26 No
24 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
5 Aye 24 No
14 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No
9 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

75.4 %
2 % above average
Rank 307 of 648
Participation
73.2 %
same as average
Rank 363 of 648
1,744
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
385
526 eligible divisions
979
56.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
166
43.1 % of votes cast
765
43.9 % of votes cast
No votes
219
56.9 % of votes cast
20
1.1 % of votes cast
Against party
13
3.4 % of votes cast
13 years, 6 months
Since 29 Nov 2012
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

80
+19.6 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 648
Appearances
62
+1.6 vs Commons average
Rank 214 of 648
111
+2.1 vs Commons average
Rank 193 of 648
Contributions
82
-26.9 vs Commons average
Rank 296 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,505,391
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£238,962
all imported IPSA years
£296,890
31 % above average
Latest expenses
£238,962
6 % above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
9
3 registered categories
0
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

Work / Employment
69 of 75 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Defence
53 of 59 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 43 votes
#3
Defence
19 of 22 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
51 of 61 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API