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Mr Peter Bedford vs Matt Rodda

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 Matt Rodda
Matt Rodda
Lab Reading Central

Voting alignment

Mr Peter Bedford and Matt Rodda voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 362 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 355 different votes 362 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
23 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 44 shared votes
20 Aye 24 No
28 Aye 47 No
Tax 0% aligned 75 shared votes
47 Aye 28 No
10 Aye 26 No
Education 0% aligned 36 shared votes
26 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 47 No
Tax 0% aligned 75 shared votes
47 Aye 28 No
10 Aye 26 No
Education 0% aligned 36 shared votes
26 Aye 10 No
4 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
25 Aye 4 No
14 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 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 650
Participation
81.6 %
9 % above average
Rank 171 of 650
405
554 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,701
2,085 eligible divisions
181
44.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
929
54.6 % of votes cast
224
55.3 % of votes cast
No votes
772
45.4 % of votes cast
13
3.2 % of votes cast
Against party
14
0.8 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

62
-5.8 vs Commons average
Rank 283 of 650
Appearances
68
+0.2 vs Commons average
Rank 238 of 650
82
-38.4 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 650
Contributions
92
-28.4 vs Commons average
Rank 295 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
£1,641,237
all imported IPSA years
£238,962
6 % above average
Latest expenses
£254,181
12 % above average
9
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Defence
68 of 70 votes
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
#2
Housing
51 of 54 votes
Crime / Justice
51 of 61 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 24 votes
#4
Education
69 of 75 votes
Work / Employment
30 of 37 votes
#5
Work / Employment
65 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 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
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
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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