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Mr Peter Bedford vs Valerie Vaz
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Mr Peter Bedford and Valerie Vaz voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 287 shared comparable votes.
2 same votes
285 different votes
287 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
73.2 %
same as average
Participation
77.1 %
4 % above average
385
526 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,782
2,312 eligible divisions
166
43.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,014
56.9 % of votes cast
219
56.9 % of votes cast
No votes
768
43.1 % of votes cast
13
3.4 % of votes cast
Against party
11
0.6 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Debates
63
+2.3 vs Commons average
Appearances
30
-30.7 vs Commons average
83
-26.3 vs Commons average
Contributions
15
-94.3 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£238,962
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,436,824
all imported IPSA years
£238,962
6 % above average
Latest expenses
£218,663
3 % below average
9
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
0
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API