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Mr Peter Bedford vs Mr Richard Holden

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


Voting alignment

Mr Peter Bedford and Mr Richard Holden voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 378 shared comparable votes.

368 same votes 10 different votes 378 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
34 Aye 50 No
Tax 100% aligned 84 shared votes
34 Aye 50 No
20 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 41 shared votes
20 Aye 21 No
9 Aye 22 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
9 Aye 22 No
13 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
13 Aye 12 No
Transport 100% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 50 No
Tax 100% aligned 84 shared votes
34 Aye 50 No
20 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 41 shared votes
20 Aye 21 No
9 Aye 22 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
9 Aye 22 No
13 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
13 Aye 12 No
Transport 100% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 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
79.6%
7% above average
Rank 205 of 650
463
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,357
1,704 eligible divisions
209
45.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
663
48.9% of votes cast
254
54.9% of votes cast
No votes
694
51.1% of votes cast
15
3.2% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 11 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

63
-34.0 vs Commons average
Rank 422 of 650
Appearances
69
-28.0 vs Commons average
Rank 384 of 650
75
-94.2 vs Commons average
Rank 468 of 650
Contributions
98
-71.2 vs Commons average
Rank 400 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
£1,267,818
all imported IPSA years
£238,962
6% above average
Latest expenses
£332,582
47% above average
11
3 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
Foreign Affairs
62 of 63 votes
Crime / Justice
55 of 66 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
61 of 64 votes
#3
Trade
50 of 56 votes
Transport
26 of 32 votes
#4
Housing
48 of 55 votes
Defence
27 of 34 votes
#5
Defence
61 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

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