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Mr Peter Bedford vs Sir Mel Stride

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


Voting alignment

Mr Peter Bedford and Sir Mel Stride voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 265 shared comparable votes.

264 same votes 1 different votes 265 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
30 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 61 shared votes
30 Aye 31 No
11 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 35 shared votes
11 Aye 24 No
4 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 20 shared votes
4 Aye 16 No
7 Aye 11 No
Defence 100% aligned 18 shared votes
7 Aye 11 No
6 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 18 shared votes
6 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 1 No
NHS / Health 75% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
30 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 61 shared votes
30 Aye 31 No
11 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 35 shared votes
11 Aye 24 No
4 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 20 shared votes
4 Aye 16 No
7 Aye 11 No
Defence 100% aligned 18 shared votes
7 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

73.4 %
1 % above average
Rank 348 of 650
Participation
78.2 %
5 % above average
Rank 244 of 650
414
564 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,350 eligible divisions
183
44.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
891
48.5 % of votes cast
231
55.8 % of votes cast
No votes
946
51.5 % of votes cast
13
3.1 % of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

62
-9.9 vs Commons average
Rank 312 of 650
Appearances
29
-42.9 vs Commons average
Rank 539 of 650
81
-46.6 vs Commons average
Rank 356 of 650
Contributions
48
-79.6 vs Commons average
Rank 491 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
£2,344,654
all imported IPSA years
£238,962
6 % above average
Latest expenses
£236,671
5 % above average
10
3 registered categories
Registered interests
17
6 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
9
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
204 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 169 votes
Crime / Justice
51 of 61 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
30 of 37 votes
#5
Trade
73 of 89 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API