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Johanna Baxter vs Mr Peter Bedford

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

Photograph of Johanna Baxter
Johanna Baxter
Lab Paisley and Renfrewshire South
vs
Photograph of Mr Peter Bedford
Mr Peter Bedford
Con Mid Leicestershire

Voting alignment

Johanna Baxter and Mr Peter Bedford voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 364 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 358 different votes 364 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 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
14 Aye 5 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
3 Aye 16 No
25 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 48 shared votes
21 Aye 27 No
44 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 75 shared votes
31 Aye 44 No
22 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
8 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
44 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 75 shared votes
31 Aye 44 No
22 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
8 Aye 22 No
9 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
13 Aye 9 No
15 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
8 Aye 11 No
Transport 0% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

87.8 %
15 % above average
Rank 49 of 650
Participation
73.0 %
same as average
Rank 365 of 650
484
551 eligible divisions
Total votes
402
551 eligible divisions
243
50.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
179
44.5 % of votes cast
241
49.8 % of votes cast
No votes
223
55.5 % of votes cast
12
2.5 % of votes cast
Against party
13
3.2 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

119
+51.5 vs Commons average
Rank 73 of 650
Appearances
63
-4.5 vs Commons average
Rank 274 of 650
133
+13.1 vs Commons average
Rank 174 of 650
Contributions
83
-36.9 vs Commons average
Rank 327 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£135,214
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£238,962
all imported IPSA years
£135,214
40 % below average
Latest expenses
£238,962
6 % above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
9
3 registered categories
0
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

Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Energy
17 of 17 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Crime / Justice
51 of 61 votes
Migration
11 of 11 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 24 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#5
Work / Employment
30 of 37 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
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 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
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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