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Mr Peter Bedford vs Paul Waugh

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 Paul Waugh
Paul Waugh
Lab Rochdale

Voting alignment

Mr Peter Bedford and Paul Waugh voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 361 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 354 different votes 361 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
2 Aye 16 No
Benefits 11% aligned 18 shared votes
14 Aye 4 No
18 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 37 shared votes
18 Aye 19 No
34 Aye 49 No
Tax 0% aligned 83 shared votes
49 Aye 34 No
11 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
21 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 49 No
Tax 0% aligned 83 shared votes
49 Aye 34 No
11 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
21 Aye 11 No
14 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
11 Aye 14 No
2 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
20 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 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
88.4 %
16 % above average
Rank 43 of 650
405
554 eligible divisions
Total votes
490
554 eligible divisions
181
44.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
243
49.6 % of votes cast
224
55.3 % of votes cast
No votes
247
50.4 % of votes cast
13
3.2 % of votes cast
Against party
10
2.0 % 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
118
+50.2 vs Commons average
Rank 76 of 650
82
-38.4 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 650
Contributions
142
+21.6 vs Commons average
Rank 162 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
£174,781
all imported IPSA years
£238,962
6 % above average
Latest expenses
£174,781
23 % below average
9
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Crime / Justice
51 of 61 votes
#3
Energy
17 of 17 votes
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 24 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Work / Employment
30 of 37 votes
#5
Migration
11 of 11 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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