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Mr Peter Bedford vs Debbie Abrahams

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 Debbie Abrahams
Debbie Abrahams
Lab Oldham East and Saddleworth

Voting alignment

Mr Peter Bedford and Debbie Abrahams voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 327 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 321 different votes 327 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 13 No
Benefits 13% aligned 15 shared votes
11 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 4 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
18 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 42 shared votes
24 Aye 18 No
32 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 65 shared votes
33 Aye 32 No
5 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
22 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 65 shared votes
33 Aye 32 No
5 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
22 Aye 5 No
14 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No
12 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
5 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 15 shared votes
10 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
70.4%
2% below average
Rank 421 of 649
431
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,673
2,376 eligible divisions
194
45.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
907
54.2% of votes cast
237
55.0% of votes cast
No votes
766
45.8% of votes cast
15
3.5% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
15 years, 8 months
Since 13 Jan 2011

Debates

64
-18.2 vs Commons average
Rank 347 of 649
Appearances
68
-14.2 vs Commons average
Rank 321 of 649
76
-67.3 vs Commons average
Rank 414 of 649
Contributions
83
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 386 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
£2,973,233
all imported IPSA years
£238,962
6% above average
Latest expenses
£290,169
28% above average
9
3 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Crime / Justice
52 of 62 votes
#2
Work / Employment
69 of 77 votes
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 24 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
174 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
32 of 39 votes
#4
NHS / Health
46 of 56 votes
Defence
27 of 34 votes
#5
Transport
78 of 95 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
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
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
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 Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
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
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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