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Mr Peter Bedford vs Liz Kendall

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 Liz Kendall
Liz Kendall
Lab Leicester West

Voting alignment

Mr Peter Bedford and Liz Kendall voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 218 shared comparable votes.

14 same votes 204 different votes 218 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 15 No
Benefits 11% aligned 18 shared votes
13 Aye 5 No
11 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 11% aligned 18 shared votes
5 Aye 13 No
20 Aye 20 No
Tax 0% aligned 40 shared votes
20 Aye 20 No
5 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 18 shared votes
13 Aye 5 No
1 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 17 shared votes
16 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 20 No
Tax 0% aligned 40 shared votes
20 Aye 20 No
5 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 18 shared votes
13 Aye 5 No
1 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 17 shared votes
16 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 13 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 15 shared votes
13 Aye 2 No
9 Aye 5 No
Transport 0% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 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
64.4%
8% below average
Rank 526 of 649
431
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,530
2,376 eligible divisions
194
45.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
875
57.2% of votes cast
237
55.0% of votes cast
No votes
655
42.8% of votes cast
15
3.5% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

63
-19.3 vs Commons average
Rank 352 of 649
Appearances
37
-45.3 vs Commons average
Rank 519 of 649
75
-68.5 vs Commons average
Rank 421 of 649
Contributions
526
+382.5 vs Commons average
Rank 19 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
£2,620,750
all imported IPSA years
£238,962
6% above average
Latest expenses
£249,722
10% above average
9
3 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
64 of 69 votes
Crime / Justice
52 of 62 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
184 of 211 votes
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 24 votes
#3
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes
Work / Employment
32 of 39 votes
#4
Benefits
62 of 81 votes
Defence
27 of 34 votes
#5
Migration
126 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
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: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
No
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