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Dame Meg Hillier vs Mr Peter Bedford

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

Photograph of Dame Meg Hillier
Dame Meg Hillier
Lab Hackney South and Shoreditch
vs
Photograph of Mr Peter Bedford
Mr Peter Bedford
Con Mid Leicestershire

Voting alignment

Dame Meg Hillier and Mr Peter Bedford voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 338 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 335 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
13 Aye 5 No
Benefits 11% aligned 18 shared votes
3 Aye 15 No
44 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
29 Aye 44 No
27 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
8 Aye 27 No
22 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
5 Aye 22 No
16 Aye 6 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 22 shared votes
6 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
44 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
29 Aye 44 No
27 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
8 Aye 27 No
22 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
5 Aye 22 No
16 Aye 6 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 22 shared votes
6 Aye 16 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

73.4%
1% above average
Rank 346 of 649
Participation
73.1%
same as average
Rank 359 of 649
1,745
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
431
590 eligible divisions
985
56.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
194
45.0% of votes cast
760
43.6% of votes cast
No votes
237
55.0% of votes cast
21
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
15
3.5% of votes cast
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

137
+53.3 vs Commons average
Rank 87 of 649
Appearances
64
-19.7 vs Commons average
Rank 351 of 649
222
+76.1 vs Commons average
Rank 117 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

£2,571,517
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£238,962
all imported IPSA years
£274,096
21% above average
Latest expenses
£238,962
6% above average
9
2 registered categories
Registered interests
10
3 registered categories
1
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

Brexit / EU
190 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#2
Crime / Justice
52 of 62 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 24 votes
NHS / Health
47 of 56 votes
#4
Work / Employment
32 of 39 votes
Benefits
66 of 81 votes
#5
Defence
27 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 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
Where they voted the same
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
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