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Dawn Butler vs Mr Peter Bedford

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

Photograph of Dawn Butler
Dawn Butler
Lab Brent East
vs
Photograph of Mr Peter Bedford
Mr Peter Bedford
Con Mid Leicestershire

Voting alignment

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

4 same votes 300 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
9 Aye 4 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
2 Aye 11 No
23 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 41 shared votes
17 Aye 24 No
47 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 75 shared votes
28 Aye 47 No
25 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
10 Aye 25 No
23 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
1 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
47 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 75 shared votes
28 Aye 47 No
25 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
10 Aye 25 No
23 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
1 Aye 23 No
7 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

64.5 %
9 % below average
Rank 532 of 648
Participation
73.2 %
same as average
Rank 363 of 648
1,492
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
385
526 eligible divisions
834
55.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
166
43.1 % of votes cast
658
44.1 % of votes cast
No votes
219
56.9 % of votes cast
23
1.5 % of votes cast
Against party
13
3.4 % of votes cast
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

47
-12.9 vs Commons average
Rank 345 of 648
Appearances
62
+2.1 vs Commons average
Rank 212 of 648
55
-52.9 vs Commons average
Rank 427 of 648
Contributions
82
-25.9 vs Commons average
Rank 293 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,182,360
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£238,962
all imported IPSA years
£287,721
27 % above average
Latest expenses
£238,962
6 % above average
6
4 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
172 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Transport
69 of 87 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
Education
72 of 95 votes
#3
Defence
19 of 22 votes
Trade
66 of 88 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
51 of 61 votes
Work / Employment
54 of 75 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
19 of 23 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to insist on Amendments 439C and 439D and disagree with Lords Amendments 439E and 439F 22 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
No
Aye
Pensions Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88A and 88C and propose amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendment 88B 22 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 98 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 41 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
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