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Mr Peter Bedford vs Greg Smith

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


Voting alignment

Mr Peter Bedford and Greg Smith voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 438 shared comparable votes.

424 same votes 14 different votes 438 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
32 Aye 54 No
Tax 100% aligned 86 shared votes
32 Aye 54 No
24 Aye 29 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 53 shared votes
24 Aye 29 No
10 Aye 26 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
10 Aye 26 No
4 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
4 Aye 26 No
14 Aye 12 No
Transport 100% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 54 No
Tax 100% aligned 86 shared votes
32 Aye 54 No
24 Aye 29 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 53 shared votes
24 Aye 29 No
10 Aye 26 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
10 Aye 26 No
4 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
4 Aye 26 No
14 Aye 12 No
Transport 100% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

72.8%
same as average
Rank 359 of 650
Participation
88.7%
16% above average
Rank 35 of 650
463
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,511
1,704 eligible divisions
209
45.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
735
48.6% of votes cast
254
54.9% of votes cast
No votes
776
51.4% of votes cast
15
3.2% of votes cast
Against party
21
1.4% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 11 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

63
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 422 of 650
Appearances
250
+153.1 vs Commons average
Rank 15 of 650
75
-93.9 vs Commons average
Rank 466 of 650
Contributions
417
+248.1 vs Commons average
Rank 39 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
£1,059,267
all imported IPSA years
£238,962
6% above average
Latest expenses
£286,530
27% above average
11
3 registered categories
Registered interests
11
4 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Brexit / EU
64 of 64 votes
Crime / Justice
55 of 66 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 63 votes
#3
Trade
55 of 56 votes
Transport
26 of 32 votes
#4
Migration
149 of 154 votes
Defence
27 of 34 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
43 of 45 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Aye
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API