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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 345 shared comparable votes.
341 same votes
4 different votes
345 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
73.6 %
1 % above average
Participation
81.1 %
8 % above average
423
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,915
2,361 eligible divisions
187
44.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
905
47.3 % of votes cast
236
55.8 % of votes cast
No votes
1,010
52.7 % of votes cast
13
3.1 % of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015
Debates
67
-10.9 vs Commons average
Appearances
20
-57.9 vs Commons average
89
-49.3 vs Commons average
Contributions
21
-117.3 vs Commons average
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
No
rebel
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
No
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots
15 Jul 2026
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API