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Mr Peter Bedford vs Yvette Cooper

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 Yvette Cooper
Yvette Cooper
Lab Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley

Voting alignment

Mr Peter Bedford and Yvette Cooper voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 137 shared comparable votes.

10 same votes 127 different votes 137 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 4 No
Benefits 33% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 3 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
9 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 10% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
6 Aye 14 No
Tax 0% aligned 20 shared votes
14 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 10 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 13 shared votes
10 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 14 No
Tax 0% aligned 20 shared votes
14 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 10 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 13 shared votes
10 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 6 No
Energy 0% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 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
62.8%
10% below average
Rank 544 of 649
431
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,493
2,376 eligible divisions
194
45.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
855
57.3% of votes cast
237
55.0% of votes cast
No votes
638
42.7% of votes cast
15
3.5% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

63
-19.3 vs Commons average
Rank 352 of 649
Appearances
76
-6.3 vs Commons average
Rank 289 of 649
75
-68.5 vs Commons average
Rank 421 of 649
Contributions
1,122
+978.5 vs Commons average
Rank 3 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
£2,905,570
all imported IPSA years
£238,962
6% above average
Latest expenses
£284,172
26% above average
9
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Crime / Justice
52 of 62 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 24 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
176 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
32 of 39 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
Defence
27 of 34 votes
#5
Trade
68 of 91 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
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
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
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
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
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