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Mr Peter Bedford vs Mr Mark Francois

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


Voting alignment

Mr Peter Bedford and Mr Mark Francois voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 336 shared comparable votes.

328 same votes 8 different votes 336 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
30 Aye 47 No
Tax 100% aligned 77 shared votes
30 Aye 47 No
10 Aye 24 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
10 Aye 24 No
14 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 No
10 Aye 13 No
Defence 100% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
13 Aye 10 No
Transport 100% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 47 No
Tax 100% aligned 77 shared votes
30 Aye 47 No
10 Aye 24 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
10 Aye 24 No
14 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 No
10 Aye 13 No
Defence 100% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
13 Aye 10 No
Transport 100% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

72.8%
same as average
Rank 359 of 650
Participation
68.1%
4% below average
Rank 453 of 650
463
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,649
2,422 eligible divisions
209
45.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
768
46.6% of votes cast
254
54.9% of votes cast
No votes
881
53.4% of votes cast
15
3.2% of votes cast
Against party
36
2.2% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
25 years, 5 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

62
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 424 of 650
Appearances
149
+53.1 vs Commons average
Rank 96 of 650
74
-93.1 vs Commons average
Rank 465 of 650
Contributions
450
+282.9 vs Commons average
Rank 31 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
£2,057,296
all imported IPSA years
£238,962
6% above average
Latest expenses
£242,339
7% above average
11
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
17 of 17 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 212 votes
Crime / Justice
55 of 66 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
67 of 82 votes
#3
Trade
75 of 94 votes
Transport
26 of 32 votes
#4
Housing
54 of 68 votes
Defence
27 of 34 votes
#5
Defence
53 of 71 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API