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Mr Peter Bedford vs Ms Julie Minns

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
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Ms Julie Minns
Lab Carlisle

Voting alignment

Mr Peter Bedford and Ms Julie Minns voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 366 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 364 different votes 366 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
4 Aye 4 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
13 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 38 shared votes
24 Aye 14 No
35 Aye 49 No
Tax 0% aligned 84 shared votes
49 Aye 35 No
10 Aye 27 No
Education 0% aligned 37 shared votes
27 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
22 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 49 No
Tax 0% aligned 84 shared votes
49 Aye 35 No
10 Aye 27 No
Education 0% aligned 37 shared votes
27 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
22 Aye 5 No
14 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No
13 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

73.6 %
1 % above average
Rank 341 of 649
Participation
85.9 %
13 % above average
Rank 81 of 649
423
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
494
575 eligible divisions
187
44.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
261
52.8 % of votes cast
236
55.8 % of votes cast
No votes
233
47.2 % of votes cast
13
3.1 % of votes cast
Against party
3
0.6 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

67
-10.9 vs Commons average
Rank 316 of 650
Appearances
197
+119.1 vs Commons average
Rank 16 of 650
89
-49.3 vs Commons average
Rank 354 of 650
Contributions
215
+76.7 vs Commons average
Rank 107 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
£180,792
all imported IPSA years
£238,962
6 % above average
Latest expenses
£180,792
20 % below average
10
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
2 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Crime / Justice
52 of 62 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 24 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Work / Employment
32 of 39 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 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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