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Mr Peter Bedford vs Dawn Butler

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

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Mr Peter Bedford
Con Mid Leicestershire
vs
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Dawn Butler
Lab Brent East

Voting alignment

Mr Peter Bedford and Dawn Butler voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 322 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 318 different votes 322 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 11 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
9 Aye 4 No
17 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 41 shared votes
23 Aye 18 No
30 Aye 47 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
47 Aye 30 No
10 Aye 25 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
25 Aye 10 No
1 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
25 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 47 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
47 Aye 30 No
10 Aye 25 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
25 Aye 10 No
1 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
25 Aye 1 No
12 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 19 shared votes
7 Aye 12 No
5 Aye 11 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 16 shared votes
11 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

73.6 %
1 % above average
Rank 341 of 649
Participation
64.1 %
9 % below average
Rank 528 of 649
423
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,514
2,361 eligible divisions
187
44.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
841
55.5 % of votes cast
236
55.8 % of votes cast
No votes
673
44.5 % of votes cast
13
3.1 % of votes cast
Against party
23
1.5 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

67
-10.9 vs Commons average
Rank 316 of 650
Appearances
53
-24.9 vs Commons average
Rank 401 of 650
89
-49.3 vs Commons average
Rank 354 of 650
Contributions
64
-74.3 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£238,962
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,182,360
all imported IPSA years
£238,962
6 % above average
Latest expenses
£287,721
27 % above average
10
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
4 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
#2
Transport
72 of 95 votes
Crime / Justice
52 of 62 votes
#3
Education
72 of 96 votes
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 24 votes
#4
Trade
68 of 91 votes
Work / Employment
32 of 39 votes
#5
Work / Employment
56 of 77 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
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
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
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