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Mr Peter Bedford vs Alex Baker

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

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Mr Peter Bedford
Con Mid Leicestershire
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Alex Baker
Lab Aldershot

Voting alignment

Mr Peter Bedford and Alex Baker voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 336 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 333 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
3 Aye 15 No
Benefits 11% aligned 18 shared votes
13 Aye 5 No
29 Aye 40 No
Tax 0% aligned 69 shared votes
40 Aye 29 No
19 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 44 shared votes
25 Aye 19 No
10 Aye 27 No
Education 0% aligned 37 shared votes
27 Aye 10 No
4 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
19 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 40 No
Tax 0% aligned 69 shared votes
40 Aye 29 No
19 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 44 shared votes
25 Aye 19 No
10 Aye 27 No
Education 0% aligned 37 shared votes
27 Aye 10 No
4 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
19 Aye 4 No
9 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

73.6 %
1 % above average
Rank 341 of 649
Participation
77.7 %
5 % above average
Rank 253 of 649
423
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
447
575 eligible divisions
187
44.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
242
54.1 % of votes cast
236
55.8 % of votes cast
No votes
205
45.9 % of votes cast
13
3.1 % of votes cast
Against party
11
2.5 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

67
-10.9 vs Commons average
Rank 316 of 650
Appearances
64
-13.9 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 650
89
-49.3 vs Commons average
Rank 354 of 650
Contributions
88
-50.3 vs Commons average
Rank 360 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
£175,028
all imported IPSA years
£238,962
6 % above average
Latest expenses
£175,028
23 % below average
10
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
2
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
4 of 4 votes
#1
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Crime / Justice
52 of 62 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 24 votes
#4
Education
44 of 50 votes
Work / Employment
32 of 39 votes
#5
Energy
17 of 20 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
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