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Mr Peter Bedford vs Steve Witherden

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

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Mr Peter Bedford
Con Mid Leicestershire
vs
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Steve Witherden
Lab Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr

Voting alignment

Mr Peter Bedford and Steve Witherden voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 359 shared comparable votes.

19 same votes 340 different votes 359 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
1 Aye 12 No
Benefits 8% aligned 13 shared votes
11 Aye 2 No
19 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 42 shared votes
23 Aye 19 No
28 Aye 41 No
Tax 0% aligned 69 shared votes
41 Aye 28 No
8 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 41 No
Tax 0% aligned 69 shared votes
41 Aye 28 No
8 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
25 Aye 5 No
13 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 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
79.8%
7% above average
Rank 203 of 649
431
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
471
590 eligible divisions
194
45.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
244
51.8% of votes cast
237
55.0% of votes cast
No votes
227
48.2% of votes cast
15
3.5% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

64
-19.7 vs Commons average
Rank 351 of 649
Appearances
62
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 365 of 649
77
-68.9 vs Commons average
Rank 420 of 649
Contributions
80
-65.9 vs Commons average
Rank 409 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£238,962
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£141,271
all imported IPSA years
£238,962
6% above average
Latest expenses
£141,271
38% below average
10
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
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
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Crime / Justice
52 of 62 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 24 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Work / Employment
32 of 39 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Defence
27 of 34 votes
#5
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
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
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
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
No
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