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Mr Peter Bedford vs Paulette Hamilton

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 Paulette Hamilton
Paulette Hamilton
Lab Birmingham Erdington

Voting alignment

Mr Peter Bedford and Paulette Hamilton 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 3 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 16 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
14 Aye 5 No
22 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 49 shared votes
26 Aye 23 No
32 Aye 48 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
48 Aye 32 No
11 Aye 26 No
Education 0% aligned 37 shared votes
26 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 48 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
48 Aye 32 No
11 Aye 26 No
Education 0% aligned 37 shared votes
26 Aye 11 No
5 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
25 Aye 5 No
12 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No
10 Aye 6 No
Transport 0% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 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
75.8 %
3 % above average
Rank 294 of 650
405
554 eligible divisions
Total votes
860
1,134 eligible divisions
181
44.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
422
49.1 % of votes cast
224
55.3 % of votes cast
No votes
438
50.9 % of votes cast
13
3.2 % of votes cast
Against party
7
0.8 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
4 years, 3 months
Since 3 Mar 2022

Debates

62
-5.8 vs Commons average
Rank 283 of 650
Appearances
52
-15.8 vs Commons average
Rank 361 of 650
82
-38.4 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 650
Contributions
71
-49.4 vs Commons average
Rank 376 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
£789,073
all imported IPSA years
£238,962
6 % above average
Latest expenses
£285,345
26 % above average
9
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 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
55 of 61 votes
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
#2
Education
54 of 60 votes
Crime / Justice
51 of 61 votes
#3
Migration
111 of 124 votes
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 24 votes
#4
Benefits
34 of 39 votes
Work / Employment
30 of 37 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 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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