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Mr Peter Bedford vs Seema Malhotra

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Mr Peter Bedford and Seema Malhotra voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 206 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 203 different votes 206 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 9 No
Benefits 17% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
22 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 51 shared votes
29 Aye 22 No
10 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
10 Aye 10 No
1 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 19 shared votes
18 Aye 1 No
11 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 18 shared votes
7 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 51 shared votes
29 Aye 22 No
10 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
10 Aye 10 No
1 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 19 shared votes
18 Aye 1 No
11 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 18 shared votes
7 Aye 11 No
3 Aye 7 No
Energy 0% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

73.5 %
1 % above average
Rank 347 of 647
Participation
68.1 %
5 % below average
Rank 467 of 647
402
547 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,588
2,333 eligible divisions
179
44.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
894
56.3 % of votes cast
223
55.5 % of votes cast
No votes
694
43.7 % of votes cast
13
3.2 % of votes cast
Against party
12
0.8 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
14 years, 6 months
Since 15 Dec 2011

Debates

65
-1.8 vs Commons average
Rank 250 of 647
Appearances
57
-9.8 vs Commons average
Rank 315 of 647
85
-33.7 vs Commons average
Rank 317 of 647
Contributions
335
+216.3 vs Commons average
Rank 35 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£238,962
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,697,495
all imported IPSA years
£238,962
6 % above average
Latest expenses
£252,817
12 % above average
9
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
183 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
38 of 45 votes
Defence
24 of 27 votes
#3
Defence
54 of 64 votes
Crime / Justice
51 of 61 votes
#4
Migration
141 of 169 votes
#5
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API