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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
14 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 38 shared votes
23 Aye 15 No
28 Aye 46 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
46 Aye 28 No
11 Aye 26 No
Education 0% aligned 37 shared votes
26 Aye 11 No
9 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 No
9 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 15 shared votes
6 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 46 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
46 Aye 28 No
11 Aye 26 No
Education 0% aligned 37 shared votes
26 Aye 11 No
9 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 No
9 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 15 shared votes
6 Aye 9 No
1 Aye 12 No
Benefits 0% aligned 13 shared votes
12 Aye 1 No

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

Voting record

73.2 %
same as average
Rank 363 of 648
Participation
77.1 %
4 % above average
Rank 275 of 648
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
Rank 213 of 648
Appearances
30
-30.7 vs Commons average
Rank 500 of 648
83
-26.3 vs Commons average
Rank 294 of 648
Contributions
15
-94.3 vs Commons average
Rank 610 of 648

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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
#2
Education
90 of 95 votes
Defence
19 of 22 votes
#3
Defence
53 of 59 votes
Crime / Justice
51 of 61 votes
#4
Migration
147 of 169 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API