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Mr Peter Bedford vs Bambos Charalambous

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 Bambos Charalambous
Bambos Charalambous
Lab Southgate and Wood Green

Voting alignment

Mr Peter Bedford and Bambos Charalambous voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 323 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 320 different votes 323 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
2 Aye 16 No
Benefits 11% aligned 18 shared votes
14 Aye 4 No
18 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 37 shared votes
18 Aye 19 No
28 Aye 40 No
Tax 0% aligned 68 shared votes
40 Aye 28 No
5 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
26 Aye 5 No
10 Aye 18 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
18 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 40 No
Tax 0% aligned 68 shared votes
40 Aye 28 No
5 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
26 Aye 5 No
10 Aye 18 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
18 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 No
9 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 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
71.5%
1% below average
Rank 393 of 649
431
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,517
2,121 eligible divisions
194
45.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
861
56.8% of votes cast
237
55.0% of votes cast
No votes
656
43.2% of votes cast
15
3.5% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

64
-19.7 vs Commons average
Rank 351 of 649
Appearances
20
-63.7 vs Commons average
Rank 596 of 649
77
-68.9 vs Commons average
Rank 420 of 649
Contributions
23
-122.9 vs Commons average
Rank 599 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
£1,772,904
all imported IPSA years
£238,962
6% above average
Latest expenses
£269,373
19% above average
10
3 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Crime / Justice
52 of 62 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
163 of 188 votes
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 24 votes
#3
NHS / Health
45 of 52 votes
Work / Employment
32 of 39 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
38 of 46 votes
Defence
27 of 34 votes
#5
Housing
45 of 55 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
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
Where they voted the same
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
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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