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Mr Peter Bedford vs Wera Hobhouse

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


Voting alignment

Mr Peter Bedford and Wera Hobhouse voted the same way 76% of the time, based on 263 shared comparable votes.

200 same votes 63 different votes 263 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
6 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 23 shared votes
6 Aye 17 No
21 Aye 40 No
Tax 95% aligned 61 shared votes
24 Aye 37 No
5 Aye 13 No
Devolution / Local Government 94% aligned 18 shared votes
4 Aye 14 No
8 Aye 10 No
Defence 89% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
2 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 87% aligned 23 shared votes
3 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
0 Aye 4 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 1 No
Migration 0% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 6 No
Energy 38% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 8 No
Housing 38% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 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
73.3%
1% above average
Rank 353 of 649
431
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,554
2,121 eligible divisions
194
45.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
844
54.3% of votes cast
237
55.0% of votes cast
No votes
710
45.7% of votes cast
15
3.5% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

63
-19.3 vs Commons average
Rank 352 of 649
Appearances
143
+60.7 vs Commons average
Rank 75 of 649
75
-68.5 vs Commons average
Rank 421 of 649
Contributions
199
+55.5 vs Commons average
Rank 136 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
£1,835,401
all imported IPSA years
£238,962
6% above average
Latest expenses
£306,189
35% above average
9
3 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
12
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
Crime / Justice
52 of 62 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
170 of 188 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
32 of 39 votes
#4
Defence
60 of 71 votes
Defence
27 of 34 votes
#5
Trade
70 of 87 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API