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Mr Peter Bedford vs Apsana Begum

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


Voting alignment

Mr Peter Bedford and Apsana Begum voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 314 shared comparable votes.

19 same votes 295 different votes 314 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
15 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 27% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No
6 Aye 9 No
Housing 13% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 16 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
14 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 8 No
Energy 7% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 No
12 Aye 8 No
Transport 5% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 39 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
39 Aye 31 No
8 Aye 18 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
3 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 17 shared votes
14 Aye 3 No
8 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

73.1%
same as average
Rank 359 of 649
Participation
69.5%
3% below average
Rank 441 of 649
431
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,152
1,658 eligible divisions
194
45.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
600
52.1% of votes cast
237
55.0% of votes cast
No votes
552
47.9% of votes cast
15
3.5% of votes cast
Against party
24
2.1% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

63
-19.3 vs Commons average
Rank 352 of 649
Appearances
83
+0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 245 of 649
75
-68.5 vs Commons average
Rank 421 of 649
Contributions
92
-51.5 vs Commons average
Rank 361 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£238,962
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,215,832
all imported IPSA years
£238,962
6% above average
Latest expenses
£255,110
13% above average
9
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
Benefits
57 of 68 votes
Crime / Justice
52 of 62 votes
#2
Work / Employment
56 of 67 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
Work / Employment
32 of 39 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
36 of 44 votes
Defence
27 of 34 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 41 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API