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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 98% of the time, based on 380 shared comparable votes.
374 same votes
6 different votes
380 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
72.8%
same as average
Participation
80.8%
9% above average
463
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,958
2,422 eligible divisions
209
45.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
927
47.3% of votes cast
254
54.9% of votes cast
No votes
1,031
52.7% of votes cast
15
3.2% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015
Debates
61
-35.1 vs Commons average
Appearances
23
-73.1 vs Commons average
73
-94.2 vs Commons average
Contributions
24
-143.2 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
11
3 registered categories
Registered interests
30
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
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API