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Mr Peter Bedford vs Sarah Jones

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 Sarah Jones
Sarah Jones
Lab Croydon West

Voting alignment

Mr Peter Bedford and Sarah Jones voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 234 shared comparable votes.

12 same votes 222 different votes 234 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 6 No
Benefits 11% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
15 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 32 shared votes
16 Aye 16 No
14 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 41 shared votes
27 Aye 14 No
5 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
20 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 41 shared votes
27 Aye 14 No
5 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
20 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 14 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 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
66.7%
6% below average
Rank 485 of 649
431
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,414
2,121 eligible divisions
194
45.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
786
55.6% of votes cast
237
55.0% of votes cast
No votes
628
44.4% of votes cast
15
3.5% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

64
-19.7 vs Commons average
Rank 351 of 649
Appearances
96
+12.3 vs Commons average
Rank 195 of 649
77
-68.9 vs Commons average
Rank 420 of 649
Contributions
552
+406.1 vs Commons average
Rank 14 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
£1,822,449
all imported IPSA years
£238,962
6% above average
Latest expenses
£279,929
24% above average
10
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
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
Crime / Justice
52 of 62 votes
#2
Migration
136 of 163 votes
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 24 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
56 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
32 of 39 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
36 of 46 votes
Defence
27 of 34 votes
#5
Trade
68 of 87 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
No
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 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: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
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