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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 331 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 324 different votes 331 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
20 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 44 shared votes
24 Aye 20 No
28 Aye 48 No
Tax 0% aligned 76 shared votes
48 Aye 28 No
9 Aye 18 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 48 No
Tax 0% aligned 76 shared votes
48 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

72.6%
same as average
Rank 365 of 650
Participation
71.2%
1% below average
Rank 395 of 650
458
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,684
2,366 eligible divisions
207
45.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
928
55.1% of votes cast
251
54.8% of votes cast
No votes
756
44.9% of votes cast
15
3.3% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
10 years, 6 months
Since 5 May 2016

Debates

60
-34.2 vs Commons average
Rank 431 of 650
Appearances
40
-54.2 vs Commons average
Rank 535 of 650
72
-92.1 vs Commons average
Rank 468 of 650
Contributions
35
-129.1 vs Commons average
Rank 586 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
£2,125,000
all imported IPSA years
£238,962
6% above average
Latest expenses
£322,640
43% above average
11
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
17 of 17 votes
#1
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Crime / Justice
55 of 66 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
181 of 212 votes
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 24 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
68 of 82 votes
Transport
26 of 32 votes
#4
Housing
51 of 62 votes
Defence
27 of 34 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
39 of 49 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Railways Bill: Carry-over extension (Motion) 4 Nov 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 8 4 Nov 2026
No
Aye
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 6 4 Nov 2026
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Tax Transport
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
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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