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Mr Peter Bedford vs Nigel Farage

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 Nigel Farage
Nigel Farage
RUK Clacton

Voting alignment

Mr Peter Bedford and Nigel Farage voted the same way 87% of the time, based on 118 shared comparable votes.

103 same votes 15 different votes 118 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
2 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 21 shared votes
2 Aye 19 No
13 Aye 6 No
Tax 100% aligned 19 shared votes
13 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 6 No
Defence 100% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 1 No
Education 100% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 3 No
Migration 100% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 0 No
Democracy / Parliament 67% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 1 No
Housing 83% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
11 Aye 4 No
Crime / Justice 93% aligned 15 shared votes
12 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 21 shared votes
2 Aye 19 No
13 Aye 6 No
Tax 100% aligned 19 shared votes
13 Aye 6 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
30.7 %
42 % below average
Rank 638 of 650
405
554 eligible divisions
Total votes
170
554 eligible divisions
181
44.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
84
49.4 % of votes cast
224
55.3 % of votes cast
No votes
86
50.6 % of votes cast
13
3.2 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.6 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

62
-5.8 vs Commons average
Rank 283 of 650
Appearances
15
-52.8 vs Commons average
Rank 600 of 650
82
-38.4 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 650
Contributions
17
-103.4 vs Commons average
Rank 602 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
£156,380
all imported IPSA years
£238,962
6 % above average
Latest expenses
£156,380
31 % below average
9
3 registered categories
Registered interests
35
7 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Work / Employment
27 of 37 votes
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
#2
Migration
7 of 11 votes
Crime / Justice
51 of 61 votes
#3
Housing
17 of 31 votes
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 24 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
2 of 4 votes
Work / Employment
30 of 37 votes
#5
Energy
7 of 17 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety Work / Employment
No
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill: Third Reading 11 Mar 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 6 11 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 5 11 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 11 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026 4 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 20 Jan 2026
Defence
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 20 Jan 2026
Defence
No
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