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Mr Peter Bedford vs Sojan Joseph

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
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Photograph of Sojan Joseph
Sojan Joseph
Lab Ashford

Voting alignment

Mr Peter Bedford and Sojan Joseph voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 390 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 383 different votes 390 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 4 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 16 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
14 Aye 5 No
22 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 49 shared votes
26 Aye 23 No
34 Aye 49 No
Tax 0% aligned 83 shared votes
49 Aye 34 No
11 Aye 26 No
Education 0% aligned 37 shared votes
26 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 49 No
Tax 0% aligned 83 shared votes
49 Aye 34 No
11 Aye 26 No
Education 0% aligned 37 shared votes
26 Aye 11 No
5 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
24 Aye 5 No
13 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 No
5 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 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
93.4 %
21 % above average
Rank 7 of 647
402
547 eligible divisions
Total votes
511
547 eligible divisions
179
44.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
260
50.9 % of votes cast
223
55.5 % of votes cast
No votes
251
49.1 % of votes cast
13
3.2 % of votes cast
Against party
12
2.3 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

63
-3.2 vs Commons average
Rank 265 of 650
Appearances
55
-11.2 vs Commons average
Rank 324 of 650
83
-34.8 vs Commons average
Rank 318 of 650
Contributions
67
-50.8 vs Commons average
Rank 395 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
£158,669
all imported IPSA years
£238,962
6 % above average
Latest expenses
£158,669
30 % below average
9
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
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
Education
49 of 49 votes
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
#2
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Defence
24 of 27 votes
#3
Defence
27 of 27 votes
Crime / Justice
51 of 61 votes
#4
Transport
25 of 25 votes
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 24 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
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
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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