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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.

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

Voting alignment

Mr Peter Bedford and Dawn Butler voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 318 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 314 different votes 318 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 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
23 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 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
23 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

73.4 %
1 % above average
Rank 348 of 650
Participation
64.2 %
9 % below average
Rank 527 of 650
414
564 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,509
2,350 eligible divisions
183
44.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
839
55.6 % of votes cast
231
55.8 % of votes cast
No votes
670
44.4 % of votes cast
13
3.1 % of votes cast
Against party
23
1.5 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 2 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

62
-9.9 vs Commons average
Rank 312 of 650
Appearances
51
-20.9 vs Commons average
Rank 383 of 650
81
-46.6 vs Commons average
Rank 356 of 650
Contributions
61
-66.6 vs Commons average
Rank 434 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
10
5 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
51 of 61 votes
#3
Education
72 of 95 votes
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 24 votes
#4
Trade
66 of 89 votes
Work / Employment
30 of 37 votes
#5
Work / Employment
54 of 75 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
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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