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Mr Peter Bedford vs Steve Barclay

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


Voting alignment

Mr Peter Bedford and Steve Barclay voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 326 shared comparable votes.

322 same votes 4 different votes 326 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
28 Aye 42 No
Tax 100% aligned 70 shared votes
28 Aye 42 No
18 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 41 shared votes
18 Aye 23 No
11 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
12 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
3 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 23 shared votes
3 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 1 No
NHS / Health 80% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
28 Aye 42 No
Tax 100% aligned 70 shared votes
28 Aye 42 No
18 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 41 shared votes
18 Aye 23 No
11 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
12 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

73.6 %
1 % above average
Rank 341 of 649
Participation
71.5 %
1 % below average
Rank 392 of 649
423
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,689
2,361 eligible divisions
187
44.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
805
47.7 % of votes cast
236
55.8 % of votes cast
No votes
884
52.3 % of votes cast
13
3.1 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

67
-10.9 vs Commons average
Rank 316 of 650
Appearances
76
-1.9 vs Commons average
Rank 267 of 650
89
-49.3 vs Commons average
Rank 354 of 650
Contributions
106
-32.3 vs Commons average
Rank 290 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
£2,422,084
all imported IPSA years
£238,962
6 % above average
Latest expenses
£231,894
3 % above average
10
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
4 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
4 of 4 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
192 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Crime / Justice
52 of 62 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Work / Employment
32 of 39 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
173 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API