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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 330 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 327 different votes 330 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 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

73.3 %
1 % above average
Rank 353 of 649
Participation
73.6 %
1 % above average
Rank 341 of 649
1,731
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
423
575 eligible divisions
983
56.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
187
44.2 % of votes cast
748
43.2 % of votes cast
No votes
236
55.8 % of votes cast
19
1.1 % of votes cast
Against party
13
3.1 % of votes cast
21 years, 3 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

111
+33.1 vs Commons average
Rank 116 of 650
Appearances
67
-10.9 vs Commons average
Rank 316 of 650
150
+11.7 vs Commons average
Rank 177 of 650
Contributions
89
-49.3 vs Commons average
Rank 354 of 650

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
10
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
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#3
Crime / Justice
52 of 62 votes
NHS / Health
47 of 56 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 24 votes
Benefits
66 of 81 votes
#5
Work / Employment
32 of 39 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
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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