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Mr Peter Bedford vs Jim McMahon

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 Jim McMahon
Jim McMahon
Lab Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton

Voting alignment

Mr Peter Bedford and Jim McMahon voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 345 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 339 different votes 345 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
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 16 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
14 Aye 5 No
19 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 43 shared votes
23 Aye 20 No
32 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 69 shared votes
37 Aye 32 No
11 Aye 25 No
Education 0% aligned 36 shared votes
25 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 69 shared votes
37 Aye 32 No
11 Aye 25 No
Education 0% aligned 36 shared votes
25 Aye 11 No
5 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
24 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 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
71.6 %
1 % below average
Rank 393 of 650
409
558 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,679
2,344 eligible divisions
181
44.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
944
56.2 % of votes cast
228
55.7 % of votes cast
No votes
735
43.8 % of votes cast
13
3.2 % of votes cast
Against party
10
0.6 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
10 years, 6 months
Since 3 Dec 2015

Debates

61
-8.3 vs Commons average
Rank 308 of 650
Appearances
73
+3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 214 of 650
80
-43.1 vs Commons average
Rank 351 of 650
Contributions
119
-4.1 vs Commons average
Rank 214 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
£1,972,637
all imported IPSA years
£238,962
6 % above average
Latest expenses
£264,252
17 % above average
9
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
64 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
#2
Housing
55 of 66 votes
Crime / Justice
51 of 61 votes
#3
Education
79 of 95 votes
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 24 votes
#4
Migration
137 of 169 votes
Work / Employment
30 of 37 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
170 of 211 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
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
No
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
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
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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