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Mr Peter Bedford vs Gareth Bacon

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


Voting alignment

Mr Peter Bedford and Gareth Bacon voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 392 shared comparable votes.

390 same votes 2 different votes 392 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
36 Aye 48 No
Tax 100% aligned 84 shared votes
36 Aye 48 No
24 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 50 shared votes
24 Aye 26 No
11 Aye 26 No
Education 100% aligned 37 shared votes
11 Aye 26 No
5 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
5 Aye 27 No
14 Aye 10 No
Defence 100% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 48 No
Tax 100% aligned 84 shared votes
36 Aye 48 No
24 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 50 shared votes
24 Aye 26 No
11 Aye 26 No
Education 100% aligned 37 shared votes
11 Aye 26 No
5 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
5 Aye 27 No
14 Aye 10 No
Defence 100% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 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
87.8 %
15 % above average
Rank 49 of 649
423
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,442
1,643 eligible divisions
187
44.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
707
49.0 % of votes cast
236
55.8 % of votes cast
No votes
735
51.0 % of votes cast
13
3.1 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

67
-10.9 vs Commons average
Rank 316 of 650
Appearances
52
-25.9 vs Commons average
Rank 412 of 650
89
-49.3 vs Commons average
Rank 354 of 650
Contributions
65
-73.3 vs Commons average
Rank 437 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
£1,123,891
all imported IPSA years
£238,962
6 % above average
Latest expenses
£268,955
19 % above average
10
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
#2
Trade
52 of 53 votes
Crime / Justice
52 of 62 votes
#3
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
Work / Employment
32 of 39 votes
#5
Migration
146 of 154 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API