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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 400 shared comparable votes.

396 same votes 4 different votes 400 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

73.1%
same as average
Rank 359 of 649
Participation
87.7%
15% above average
Rank 51 of 649
431
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,454
1,658 eligible divisions
194
45.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
714
49.1% of votes cast
237
55.0% of votes cast
No votes
740
50.9% of votes cast
15
3.5% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

64
-19.7 vs Commons average
Rank 351 of 649
Appearances
62
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 649
77
-68.9 vs Commons average
Rank 420 of 649
Contributions
83
-62.9 vs Commons average
Rank 392 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
£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
1
1 registered category
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
Crime / Justice
52 of 62 votes
#2
Trade
52 of 53 votes
#3
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
Work / Employment
32 of 39 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
Defence
27 of 34 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API