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Mr Peter Bedford vs Jim Shannon

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


Voting alignment

Mr Peter Bedford and Jim Shannon voted the same way 89% of the time, based on 405 shared comparable votes.

361 same votes 44 different votes 405 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
36 Aye 49 No
Tax 100% aligned 85 shared votes
36 Aye 49 No
11 Aye 27 No
Education 100% aligned 38 shared votes
11 Aye 27 No
6 Aye 7 No
Energy 100% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
2 Aye 4 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
1 Aye 3 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 9 No
Housing 47% aligned 17 shared votes
13 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 71% aligned 7 shared votes
7 Aye 0 No
4 Aye 0 No
Democracy / Parliament 75% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 2 No
Migration 83% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 16 No
Benefits 89% aligned 19 shared votes
3 Aye 16 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
85.4%
13% above average
Rank 86 of 649
431
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,028
2,376 eligible divisions
194
45.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,049
51.7% of votes cast
237
55.0% of votes cast
No votes
979
48.3% of votes cast
15
3.5% of votes cast
Against party
24
1.2% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

64
-19.7 vs Commons average
Rank 351 of 649
Appearances
1,295
+1211.3 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 649
77
-68.9 vs Commons average
Rank 420 of 649
Contributions
1,661
+1515.1 vs Commons average
Rank 2 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
£3,371,512
all imported IPSA years
£238,962
6% above average
Latest expenses
£293,632
30% above average
10
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
Brexit / EU
205 of 211 votes
Crime / Justice
52 of 62 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
Work / Employment
32 of 39 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Defence
27 of 34 votes
#5
Benefits
74 of 81 votes

Recent voting overlap

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