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Mr Peter Bedford vs Sir John Whittingdale
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Mr Peter Bedford and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 337 shared comparable votes.
331 same votes
6 different votes
337 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
72.8%
same as average
Participation
80.2%
8% above average
463
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,943
2,422 eligible divisions
209
45.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
931
47.9% of votes cast
254
54.9% of votes cast
No votes
1,012
52.1% of votes cast
15
3.2% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
34 years, 7 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Debates
62
-33.9 vs Commons average
Appearances
87
-8.9 vs Commons average
74
-93.1 vs Commons average
Contributions
122
-45.1 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£238,962
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£238,962
6% above average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8% above average
11
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
5 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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
No
rebel
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
No
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API