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Mr Peter Bedford vs David Simmonds
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Mr Peter Bedford and David Simmonds voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 357 shared comparable votes.
346 same votes
11 different votes
357 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
72.8%
same as average
Participation
83.2%
11% above average
463
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,418
1,704 eligible divisions
209
45.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
682
48.1% of votes cast
254
54.9% of votes cast
No votes
736
51.9% of votes cast
15
3.2% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.6% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 11 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Debates
63
-34.0 vs Commons average
Appearances
115
+18.0 vs Commons average
75
-94.2 vs Commons average
Contributions
174
+4.8 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£238,962
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£238,962
6% above average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12% above average
11
3 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
No
rebel
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
No
No
No
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API