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Mr Peter Bedford vs Sir James Cleverly

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


Voting alignment

Mr Peter Bedford and Sir James Cleverly voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 370 shared comparable votes.

358 same votes 12 different votes 370 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
31 Aye 47 No
Tax 100% aligned 78 shared votes
31 Aye 47 No
22 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 44 shared votes
22 Aye 22 No
5 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 29 shared votes
5 Aye 24 No
7 Aye 19 No
Education 100% aligned 26 shared votes
7 Aye 19 No
12 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 1 No
Democracy / Parliament 83% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
31 Aye 47 No
Tax 100% aligned 78 shared votes
31 Aye 47 No
22 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 44 shared votes
22 Aye 22 No
5 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 29 shared votes
5 Aye 24 No
7 Aye 19 No
Education 100% aligned 26 shared votes
7 Aye 19 No

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

Voting record

72.8%
same as average
Rank 359 of 650
Participation
69.8%
3% below average
Rank 424 of 650
463
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,690
2,422 eligible divisions
209
45.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
793
46.9% of votes cast
254
54.9% of votes cast
No votes
897
53.1% of votes cast
15
3.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

63
-34.0 vs Commons average
Rank 422 of 650
Appearances
58
-39.0 vs Commons average
Rank 450 of 650
75
-94.2 vs Commons average
Rank 468 of 650
Contributions
101
-68.2 vs Commons average
Rank 389 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
£2,020,933
all imported IPSA years
£238,962
6% above average
Latest expenses
£266,795
18% above average
11
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
17 of 17 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
192 of 212 votes
Crime / Justice
55 of 66 votes
#2
Transport
81 of 98 votes
#3
Trade
76 of 94 votes
Transport
26 of 32 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
65 of 82 votes
Defence
27 of 34 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
38 of 49 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye rebel
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Aye
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API