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Mrs Sharon Hodgson vs Mr Peter Bedford

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


Voting alignment

Mrs Sharon Hodgson and Mr Peter Bedford voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 261 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 256 different votes 261 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
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
22 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 41 shared votes
17 Aye 24 No
35 Aye 26 No
Tax 0% aligned 61 shared votes
26 Aye 35 No
19 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
6 Aye 19 No
14 Aye 3 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 17 shared votes
3 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 26 No
Tax 0% aligned 61 shared votes
26 Aye 35 No
19 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
6 Aye 19 No
14 Aye 3 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 17 shared votes
3 Aye 14 No
12 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 17 shared votes
5 Aye 12 No
6 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

72.1 %
1 % below average
Rank 384 of 648
Participation
73.2 %
same as average
Rank 363 of 648
1,667
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
385
526 eligible divisions
938
56.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
166
43.1 % of votes cast
729
43.7 % of votes cast
No votes
219
56.9 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
13
3.4 % of votes cast
21 years, 1 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

27
-33.4 vs Commons average
Rank 519 of 648
Appearances
62
+1.6 vs Commons average
Rank 214 of 648
39
-69.9 vs Commons average
Rank 504 of 648
Contributions
82
-26.9 vs Commons average
Rank 296 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£3,068,484
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£238,962
all imported IPSA years
£282,668
25 % above average
Latest expenses
£238,962
6 % above average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
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

Democracy / Parliament
38 of 43 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Migration
149 of 169 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 45 votes
#3
Defence
19 of 22 votes
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
51 of 61 votes
Defence
47 of 59 votes
#5
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API