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Mr Peter Bedford vs Douglas McAllister

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 Douglas McAllister
Douglas McAllister
Lab West Dunbartonshire

Voting alignment

Mr Peter Bedford and Douglas McAllister voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 363 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 356 different votes 363 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
3 Aye 15 No
Benefits 11% aligned 18 shared votes
13 Aye 5 No
21 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 49 shared votes
27 Aye 22 No
27 Aye 45 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
45 Aye 27 No
10 Aye 25 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
25 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
20 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 45 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
45 Aye 27 No
10 Aye 25 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
25 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
20 Aye 5 No
13 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 No
12 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

73.0 %
same as average
Rank 365 of 650
Participation
88.9 %
16 % above average
Rank 37 of 650
402
551 eligible divisions
Total votes
490
551 eligible divisions
179
44.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
245
50.0 % of votes cast
223
55.5 % of votes cast
No votes
245
50.0 % of votes cast
13
3.2 % of votes cast
Against party
15
3.1 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

62
-5.5 vs Commons average
Rank 274 of 650
Appearances
99
+31.5 vs Commons average
Rank 108 of 650
82
-37.9 vs Commons average
Rank 327 of 650
Contributions
118
-1.9 vs Commons average
Rank 202 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
£142,257
all imported IPSA years
£238,962
6 % above average
Latest expenses
£142,257
37 % below average
9
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
1 registered category
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
Defence
31 of 31 votes
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
#2
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Crime / Justice
51 of 61 votes
#3
Transport
25 of 25 votes
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 24 votes
#4
Energy
17 of 17 votes
Work / Employment
30 of 37 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
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
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
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 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
Elections (proportional representation): Ten Minute Rule Motion 3 Dec 2024
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API