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Ed Miliband vs Mr Peter Bedford

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

Photograph of Ed Miliband
Ed Miliband
Lab Doncaster North
vs
Photograph of Mr Peter Bedford
Mr Peter Bedford
Con Mid Leicestershire

Voting alignment

Ed Miliband and Mr Peter Bedford voted the same way 11% of the time, based on 136 shared comparable votes.

15 same votes 121 different votes 136 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
5 Aye 4 No
Benefits 22% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No
15 Aye 10 No
Tax 0% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 No
18 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
4 Aye 18 No
6 Aye 3 No
Energy 0% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 0 No
Education 0% aligned 8 shared votes
0 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 10 No
Tax 0% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 No
18 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
4 Aye 18 No
6 Aye 3 No
Energy 0% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 0 No
Education 0% aligned 8 shared votes
0 Aye 8 No
2 Aye 5 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

55.0%
18% below average
Rank 607 of 649
Participation
73.1%
same as average
Rank 359 of 649
1,307
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
431
590 eligible divisions
724
55.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
194
45.0% of votes cast
583
44.6% of votes cast
No votes
237
55.0% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
15
3.5% of votes cast
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

54
-27.7 vs Commons average
Rank 419 of 649
Appearances
64
-17.7 vs Commons average
Rank 344 of 649
633
+490.7 vs Commons average
Rank 10 of 649
Contributions
76
-66.3 vs Commons average
Rank 412 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,453,042
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£238,962
all imported IPSA years
£221,136
2% below average
Latest expenses
£238,962
6% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
9
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

Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Migration
129 of 171 votes
#2
Crime / Justice
52 of 62 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 24 votes
NHS / Health
38 of 56 votes
#4
Work / Employment
32 of 39 votes
Trade
60 of 91 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
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 Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
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
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
No
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