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Mr Peter Bedford vs Dan Tomlinson

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
vs
Photograph of Dan Tomlinson
Dan Tomlinson
Lab Chipping Barnet

Voting alignment

Mr Peter Bedford and Dan Tomlinson voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 270 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 266 different votes 270 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 7 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
9 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 30 shared votes
21 Aye 9 No
25 Aye 39 No
Tax 0% aligned 64 shared votes
39 Aye 25 No
9 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
23 Aye 9 No
11 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 39 No
Tax 0% aligned 64 shared votes
39 Aye 25 No
9 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
23 Aye 9 No
11 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 No
13 Aye 6 No
Transport 0% aligned 19 shared votes
6 Aye 13 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

72.9%
same as average
Rank 361 of 649
Participation
61.9%
11% below average
Rank 561 of 649
424
582 eligible divisions
Total votes
360
582 eligible divisions
188
44.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
177
49.2% of votes cast
236
55.7% of votes cast
No votes
183
50.8% of votes cast
13
3.1% of votes cast
Against party
5
1.4% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

61
-19.0 vs Commons average
Rank 360 of 649
Appearances
79
-1.0 vs Commons average
Rank 256 of 649
75
-64.4 vs Commons average
Rank 411 of 649
Contributions
466
+326.6 vs Commons average
Rank 21 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
£225,538
all imported IPSA years
£238,962
6% above average
Latest expenses
£225,538
same as average
9
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Transport
25 of 29 votes
Crime / Justice
52 of 62 votes
#2
Trade
6 of 7 votes
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 24 votes
#3
Housing
25 of 31 votes
Work / Employment
32 of 39 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Defence
27 of 34 votes
#5
Defence
26 of 34 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
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
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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