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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.


Voting alignment

Dame Meg Hillier and Mr Peter Bedford voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 304 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 301 different votes 304 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
26 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
8 Aye 26 No
20 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
5 Aye 20 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
26 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
8 Aye 26 No
20 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
5 Aye 20 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

73.4 %
same as average
Rank 359 of 648
Participation
73.2 %
same as average
Rank 363 of 648
1,698
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
385
526 eligible divisions
967
56.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
166
43.1 % of votes cast
731
43.1 % of votes cast
No votes
219
56.9 % of votes cast
19
1.1 % of votes cast
Against party
13
3.4 % of votes cast
21 years, 1 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

88
+27.6 vs Commons average
Rank 111 of 648
Appearances
62
+1.6 vs Commons average
Rank 214 of 648
120
+11.1 vs Commons average
Rank 170 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

£2,571,517
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£238,962
all imported IPSA years
£274,096
21 % above average
Latest expenses
£238,962
6 % above average
8
2 registered categories
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

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
81 of 95 votes
#3
Defence
19 of 22 votes
Defence
50 of 59 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
51 of 61 votes
NHS / Health
47 of 56 votes
#5
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API