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Andy Slaughter vs Mr Peter Bedford

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

Photograph of Andy Slaughter
Andy Slaughter
Lab Hammersmith and Chiswick
vs
Photograph of Mr Peter Bedford
Mr Peter Bedford
Con Mid Leicestershire

Voting alignment

Andy Slaughter and Mr Peter Bedford voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 401 shared comparable votes.

20 same votes 381 different votes 401 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
12 Aye 5 No
Benefits 12% aligned 17 shared votes
3 Aye 14 No
3 Aye 6 No
Migration 11% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
26 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 49 shared votes
23 Aye 26 No
48 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 79 shared votes
31 Aye 48 No
26 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 37 shared votes
11 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
48 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 79 shared votes
31 Aye 48 No
26 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 37 shared votes
11 Aye 26 No
27 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
5 Aye 27 No
13 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No
10 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

81.8%
9% above average
Rank 161 of 649
Participation
73.1%
same as average
Rank 359 of 649
1,944
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
431
590 eligible divisions
1,077
55.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
194
45.0% of votes cast
867
44.6% of votes cast
No votes
237
55.0% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
15
3.5% of votes cast
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

84
+0.3 vs Commons average
Rank 243 of 649
Appearances
64
-19.7 vs Commons average
Rank 351 of 649
119
-26.9 vs Commons average
Rank 275 of 649
Contributions
77
-68.9 vs Commons average
Rank 420 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,905,788
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£238,962
all imported IPSA years
£285,386
26% above average
Latest expenses
£238,962
6% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
10
3 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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

Housing
65 of 67 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Defence
68 of 71 votes
#2
Crime / Justice
52 of 62 votes
Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 24 votes
NHS / Health
53 of 56 votes
#4
Work / Employment
32 of 39 votes
Work / Employment
72 of 77 votes
#5
Defence
27 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
No
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