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Mr Peter Bedford vs Jas Athwal

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

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Mr Peter Bedford
Con Mid Leicestershire
vs
Photograph of Jas Athwal
Jas Athwal
Lab Ilford South

Voting alignment

Mr Peter Bedford and Jas Athwal voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 369 shared comparable votes.

17 same votes 352 different votes 369 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
2 Aye 14 No
Benefits 13% aligned 16 shared votes
12 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 4 No
Migration 11% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
17 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 35 shared votes
17 Aye 18 No
34 Aye 48 No
Tax 0% aligned 82 shared votes
48 Aye 34 No
11 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
23 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 48 No
Tax 0% aligned 82 shared votes
48 Aye 34 No
11 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
23 Aye 11 No
5 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
24 Aye 5 No
12 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No
11 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 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
83.7%
11% above average
Rank 117 of 649
431
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
494
590 eligible divisions
194
45.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
239
48.4% of votes cast
237
55.0% of votes cast
No votes
255
51.6% of votes cast
15
3.5% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

64
-19.7 vs Commons average
Rank 351 of 649
Appearances
51
-32.7 vs Commons average
Rank 444 of 649
77
-68.9 vs Commons average
Rank 420 of 649
Contributions
63
-82.9 vs Commons average
Rank 467 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
£164,547
all imported IPSA years
£238,962
6% above average
Latest expenses
£164,547
27% below average
10
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
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
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Crime / Justice
52 of 62 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 24 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Work / Employment
32 of 39 votes
#4
Energy
19 of 20 votes
Defence
27 of 34 votes
#5
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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