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Mr Peter Bedford vs Gerald Jones

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


Voting alignment

Mr Peter Bedford and Gerald Jones voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 353 shared comparable votes.

21 same votes 332 different votes 353 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
5 Aye 4 No
Migration 11% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 16 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
14 Aye 5 No
20 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 45 shared votes
24 Aye 21 No
24 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 59 shared votes
35 Aye 24 No
6 Aye 25 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
25 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 59 shared votes
35 Aye 24 No
6 Aye 25 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
25 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
19 Aye 5 No
14 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No
10 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
10 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
81.0%
8% above average
Rank 180 of 649
431
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,925
2,376 eligible divisions
194
45.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,075
55.8% of votes cast
237
55.0% of votes cast
No votes
850
44.2% of votes cast
15
3.5% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

63
-19.3 vs Commons average
Rank 352 of 649
Appearances
31
-51.3 vs Commons average
Rank 549 of 649
75
-68.5 vs Commons average
Rank 421 of 649
Contributions
39
-104.5 vs Commons average
Rank 546 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
£2,070,048
all imported IPSA years
£238,962
6% above average
Latest expenses
£278,380
23% above average
9
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
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
Crime / Justice
52 of 62 votes
#2
Transport
86 of 95 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Work / Employment
32 of 39 votes
#4
Housing
59 of 67 votes
Defence
27 of 34 votes
#5
Defence
62 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API