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Mr Peter Bedford vs Helen Hayes

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 Helen Hayes
Helen Hayes
Lab Dulwich and West Norwood

Voting alignment

Mr Peter Bedford and Helen Hayes voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 344 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 338 different votes 344 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 4 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 15 No
Benefits 11% aligned 18 shared votes
13 Aye 5 No
21 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 37 shared votes
14 Aye 23 No
32 Aye 44 No
Tax 0% aligned 76 shared votes
44 Aye 32 No
8 Aye 18 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 44 No
Tax 0% aligned 76 shared votes
44 Aye 32 No
8 Aye 18 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 No
5 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
19 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

73.3 %
1 % above average
Rank 354 of 650
Participation
79.4 %
7 % above average
Rank 216 of 650
409
558 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,861
2,344 eligible divisions
181
44.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,029
55.3 % of votes cast
228
55.7 % of votes cast
No votes
832
44.7 % of votes cast
13
3.2 % of votes cast
Against party
18
1.0 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

61
-8.8 vs Commons average
Rank 310 of 650
Appearances
92
+22.2 vs Commons average
Rank 139 of 650
80
-43.9 vs Commons average
Rank 353 of 650
Contributions
123
-0.9 vs Commons average
Rank 207 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
£2,194,899
all imported IPSA years
£238,962
6 % above average
Latest expenses
£295,156
31 % above average
9
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
#2
Housing
62 of 66 votes
Crime / Justice
51 of 61 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
190 of 211 votes
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 24 votes
#4
Migration
149 of 169 votes
Work / Employment
30 of 37 votes
#5
Defence
61 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
No
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
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
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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