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Mr Peter Bedford vs Alberto Costa

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


Voting alignment

Mr Peter Bedford and Alberto Costa voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 336 shared comparable votes.

332 same votes 4 different votes 336 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
33 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 70 shared votes
33 Aye 37 No
22 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 42 shared votes
22 Aye 20 No
5 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
5 Aye 25 No
10 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
14 Aye 10 No
Defence 100% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 70 shared votes
33 Aye 37 No
22 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 42 shared votes
22 Aye 20 No
5 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
5 Aye 25 No
10 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
14 Aye 10 No
Defence 100% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

73.4 %
1 % above average
Rank 348 of 650
Participation
81.1 %
8 % above average
Rank 182 of 650
414
564 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,906
2,350 eligible divisions
183
44.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
901
47.3 % of votes cast
231
55.8 % of votes cast
No votes
1,005
52.7 % of votes cast
13
3.1 % of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 2 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

62
-9.9 vs Commons average
Rank 312 of 650
Appearances
13
-58.9 vs Commons average
Rank 609 of 650
81
-46.6 vs Commons average
Rank 356 of 650
Contributions
14
-113.6 vs Commons average
Rank 613 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£238,962
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£238,962
6 % above average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29 % above average
10
3 registered categories
Registered interests
29
7 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
4 of 4 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Crime / Justice
51 of 61 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
#4
Work / Employment
68 of 75 votes
Work / Employment
30 of 37 votes
#5
Trade
78 of 89 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API