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Daniel Zeichner vs Mr Peter Bedford

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

Photograph of Daniel Zeichner
Daniel Zeichner
Lab Cambridge
vs
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Mr Peter Bedford
Con Mid Leicestershire

Voting alignment

Daniel Zeichner and Mr Peter Bedford voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 339 shared comparable votes.

13 same votes 326 different votes 339 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
26 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 46 shared votes
20 Aye 26 No
37 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
29 Aye 37 No
27 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
5 Aye 27 No
22 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
7 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
29 Aye 37 No
27 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
5 Aye 27 No
22 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
7 Aye 22 No
12 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
7 Aye 12 No
14 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

79.8%
7% above average
Rank 200 of 649
Participation
73.1%
same as average
Rank 359 of 649
1,897
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
431
590 eligible divisions
1,058
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
194
45.0% of votes cast
839
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
237
55.0% of votes cast
14
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
15
3.5% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

48
-35.6 vs Commons average
Rank 462 of 650
Appearances
64
-19.6 vs Commons average
Rank 351 of 650
57
-88.7 vs Commons average
Rank 483 of 650
Contributions
77
-68.7 vs Commons average
Rank 420 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,007,954
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£238,962
all imported IPSA years
£266,524
18% above average
Latest expenses
£238,962
6% above average
2
2 registered categories
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

Work / Employment
72 of 77 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
#2
Crime / Justice
52 of 62 votes
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 24 votes
Housing
59 of 67 votes
#4
Work / Employment
32 of 39 votes
Education
84 of 96 votes
#5
Defence
27 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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
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
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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
No
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