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Mr Peter Bedford vs Steve Reed

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
vs
Photograph of Steve Reed
Steve Reed
Lab Streatham and Croydon North

Voting alignment

Mr Peter Bedford and Steve Reed voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 186 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 178 different votes 186 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
2 Aye 5 No
Benefits 29% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
23 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 51 shared votes
28 Aye 23 No
4 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 18 shared votes
14 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 13 shared votes
9 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 51 shared votes
28 Aye 23 No
4 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 18 shared votes
14 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 13 shared votes
9 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 6 No
Transport 0% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

73.1%
same as average
Rank 359 of 649
Participation
62.1%
10% below average
Rank 555 of 649
431
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,476
2,376 eligible divisions
194
45.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
863
58.5% of votes cast
237
55.0% of votes cast
No votes
613
41.5% of votes cast
15
3.5% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
13 years, 10 months
Since 29 Nov 2012

Debates

64
-19.6 vs Commons average
Rank 351 of 650
Appearances
50
-33.6 vs Commons average
Rank 452 of 650
77
-68.7 vs Commons average
Rank 420 of 650
Contributions
428
+282.3 vs Commons average
Rank 30 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
£2,494,265
all imported IPSA years
£238,962
6% above average
Latest expenses
£293,477
30% above average
10
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Crime / Justice
52 of 62 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
179 of 211 votes
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 24 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 votes
Work / Employment
32 of 39 votes
#4
Trade
67 of 91 votes
Defence
27 of 34 votes
#5
NHS / Health
40 of 56 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
No
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
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