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Blair McDougall vs Mr Peter Bedford

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

Photograph of Blair McDougall
Blair McDougall
Lab East Renfrewshire
vs
Photograph of Mr Peter Bedford
Mr Peter Bedford
Con Mid Leicestershire

Voting alignment

Blair McDougall and Mr Peter Bedford voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 325 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 320 different votes 325 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
2 Aye 5 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
12 Aye 5 No
Benefits 12% aligned 17 shared votes
3 Aye 14 No
19 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 45 shared votes
24 Aye 21 No
39 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
31 Aye 39 No
22 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
7 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
39 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
31 Aye 39 No
22 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
7 Aye 22 No
22 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
5 Aye 22 No
8 Aye 11 No
Transport 0% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

72.4%
same as average
Rank 369 of 650
Participation
72.0%
same as average
Rank 377 of 650
437
604 eligible divisions
Total votes
435
604 eligible divisions
223
51.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
196
45.1% of votes cast
214
49.0% of votes cast
No votes
239
54.9% of votes cast
14
3.2% of votes cast
Against party
15
3.4% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

67
-19.9 vs Commons average
Rank 344 of 650
Appearances
65
-21.9 vs Commons average
Rank 358 of 650
350
+198.6 vs Commons average
Rank 51 of 650
Contributions
78
-73.4 vs Commons average
Rank 430 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£186,207
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£238,962
all imported IPSA years
£186,207
18% below average
Latest expenses
£238,962
6% above average
7
1 registered category
Registered interests
10
3 registered categories
3
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

Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
5 of 5 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Crime / Justice
55 of 66 votes
Work / Employment
37 of 42 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 24 votes
Housing
27 of 32 votes
#4
Defence
27 of 34 votes
Transport
24 of 29 votes
#5
Transport
23 of 29 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over extension motion 13 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Third Reading 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage: Amendment 1 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage: New Clause 25 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye rebel
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye rebel
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
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
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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