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Mr Peter Bedford vs David Chadwick

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


Voting alignment

Mr Peter Bedford and David Chadwick voted the same way 80% of the time, based on 290 shared comparable votes.

231 same votes 59 different votes 290 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
9 Aye 21 No
Education 97% aligned 30 shared votes
10 Aye 20 No
23 Aye 36 No
Tax 95% aligned 59 shared votes
26 Aye 33 No
3 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 94% aligned 18 shared votes
4 Aye 14 No
7 Aye 9 No
Defence 94% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No
2 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 91% aligned 22 shared votes
2 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 1 No
Migration 0% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
0 Aye 6 No
Energy 17% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 4 No
Environment / Climate 33% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
5 Aye 9 No
Housing 57% aligned 14 shared votes
9 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
68.1%
4% below average
Rank 463 of 649
431
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
402
590 eligible divisions
194
45.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
216
53.7% of votes cast
237
55.0% of votes cast
No votes
186
46.3% of votes cast
15
3.5% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

63
-18.8 vs Commons average
Rank 349 of 649
Appearances
99
+17.2 vs Commons average
Rank 166 of 649
75
-67.5 vs Commons average
Rank 419 of 649
Contributions
133
-9.5 vs Commons average
Rank 229 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
£178,068
all imported IPSA years
£238,962
6% above average
Latest expenses
£178,068
21% below average
9
3 registered categories
Registered interests
6
3 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
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Crime / Justice
52 of 62 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#3
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Work / Employment
32 of 39 votes
#4
Benefits
25 of 30 votes
Defence
27 of 34 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API