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Mr Peter Bedford vs Sarah Champion

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
vs
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Sarah Champion
Lab Rotherham

Voting alignment

Mr Peter Bedford and Sarah Champion voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 264 shared comparable votes.

19 same votes 245 different votes 264 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
3 Aye 8 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 4 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
16 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 32 shared votes
15 Aye 17 No
28 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 57 shared votes
29 Aye 28 No
6 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 57 shared votes
29 Aye 28 No
6 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 12 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 16 shared votes
12 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 6 No
Energy 0% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 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 649
Participation
70.3%
2% below average
Rank 426 of 649
431
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,670
2,376 eligible divisions
194
45.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
910
54.5% of votes cast
237
55.0% of votes cast
No votes
760
45.5% of votes cast
15
3.5% of votes cast
Against party
10
0.6% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
13 years, 9 months
Since 29 Nov 2012

Debates

63
-19.3 vs Commons average
Rank 352 of 649
Appearances
50
-32.3 vs Commons average
Rank 444 of 649
75
-68.5 vs Commons average
Rank 421 of 649
Contributions
86
-57.5 vs Commons average
Rank 380 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£238,962
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,463,004
all imported IPSA years
£238,962
6% above average
Latest expenses
£291,263
29% above average
9
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
Migration
144 of 171 votes
Crime / Justice
52 of 62 votes
#2
NHS / Health
45 of 56 votes
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 24 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
38 of 48 votes
Work / Employment
32 of 39 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
52 of 66 votes
Defence
27 of 34 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
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
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
No
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