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Mr Peter Bedford vs Gill Furniss

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 Gill Furniss
Gill Furniss
Lab Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough

Voting alignment

Mr Peter Bedford and Gill Furniss voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 316 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 309 different votes 316 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
4 Aye 3 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 13 No
Benefits 13% aligned 16 shared votes
11 Aye 5 No
18 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 41 shared votes
23 Aye 18 No
28 Aye 42 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
42 Aye 28 No
9 Aye 18 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 42 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
42 Aye 28 No
9 Aye 18 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
12 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
5 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 17 shared votes
12 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 11 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 16 shared votes
11 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
71.3%
1% below average
Rank 400 of 649
431
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,658
2,325 eligible divisions
194
45.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
55.0% of votes cast
237
55.0% of votes cast
No votes
746
45.0% of votes cast
15
3.5% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
10 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2016

Debates

63
-18.8 vs Commons average
Rank 349 of 649
Appearances
41
-40.8 vs Commons average
Rank 499 of 649
75
-67.5 vs Commons average
Rank 419 of 649
Contributions
37
-105.5 vs Commons average
Rank 559 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
£2,125,000
all imported IPSA years
£238,962
6% above average
Latest expenses
£322,640
43% above average
9
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
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
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Crime / Justice
52 of 62 votes
#2
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 24 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
32 of 39 votes
#4
Housing
51 of 62 votes
Defence
27 of 34 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
38 of 48 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
No
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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