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Jim McMahon vs Mr Peter Bedford

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


Voting alignment

Jim McMahon and Mr Peter Bedford voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 326 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 320 different votes 326 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
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
14 Aye 5 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
3 Aye 16 No
23 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 43 shared votes
19 Aye 24 No
37 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 69 shared votes
32 Aye 37 No
25 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 36 shared votes
11 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 69 shared votes
32 Aye 37 No
25 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 36 shared votes
11 Aye 25 No
24 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
5 Aye 24 No
14 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No
10 Aye 6 No
Housing 0% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

71.5 %
2 % below average
Rank 403 of 648
Participation
73.2 %
same as average
Rank 363 of 648
1,653
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
385
526 eligible divisions
936
56.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
166
43.1 % of votes cast
717
43.4 % of votes cast
No votes
219
56.9 % of votes cast
10
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
13
3.4 % of votes cast
10 years, 6 months
Since 3 Dec 2015
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

58
-2.4 vs Commons average
Rank 253 of 648
Appearances
62
+1.6 vs Commons average
Rank 214 of 648
108
-0.9 vs Commons average
Rank 206 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

£1,972,637
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£238,962
all imported IPSA years
£264,252
17 % above average
Latest expenses
£238,962
6 % above average
4
3 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

Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Housing
55 of 66 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
Education
79 of 95 votes
#3
Defence
19 of 22 votes
Migration
137 of 169 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
51 of 61 votes
Brexit / EU
170 of 211 votes
#5
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API