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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.

Photograph of Mr Peter Bedford
Mr Peter Bedford
Con Mid Leicestershire
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Photograph of Alex Baker
Alex Baker
Lab Aldershot

Voting alignment

Mr Peter Bedford and Alex Baker voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 304 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 301 different votes 304 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
27 Aye 40 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
40 Aye 27 No
19 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 44 shared votes
25 Aye 19 No
10 Aye 26 No
Education 0% aligned 36 shared votes
26 Aye 10 No
4 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 21 shared votes
17 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 40 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
40 Aye 27 No
19 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 44 shared votes
25 Aye 19 No
10 Aye 26 No
Education 0% aligned 36 shared votes
26 Aye 10 No
4 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 21 shared votes
17 Aye 4 No
8 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

73.2 %
same as average
Rank 363 of 647
Participation
77.2 %
4 % above average
Rank 274 of 647
385
526 eligible divisions
Total votes
406
526 eligible divisions
166
43.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
225
55.4 % of votes cast
219
56.9 % of votes cast
No votes
181
44.6 % of votes cast
13
3.4 % of votes cast
Against party
11
2.7 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

63
+2.2 vs Commons average
Rank 213 of 647
Appearances
46
-14.8 vs Commons average
Rank 368 of 647
83
-26.3 vs Commons average
Rank 293 of 647
Contributions
50
-59.3 vs Commons average
Rank 448 of 647

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
9
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
0
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
Defence
19 of 22 votes
#3
Education
43 of 49 votes
Crime / Justice
51 of 61 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
52 of 61 votes
Devolution / Local Government
19 of 23 votes
#5
Benefits
25 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
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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