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Ms Diane Abbott vs Mr Peter Bedford

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


Voting alignment

Ms Diane Abbott and Mr Peter Bedford voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 233 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 226 different votes 233 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 1 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 4 No
Benefits 29% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
13 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 9% aligned 34 shared votes
20 Aye 14 No
11 Aye 6 No
Housing 6% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No
21 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 4% aligned 25 shared votes
3 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 22 No
Tax 0% aligned 48 shared votes
22 Aye 26 No
10 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No
7 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
2 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 4 No
Transport 0% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

64.4 %
8 % below average
Rank 526 of 649
Participation
73.6 %
1 % above average
Rank 341 of 649
1,521
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
423
575 eligible divisions
850
55.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
187
44.2 % of votes cast
671
44.1 % of votes cast
No votes
236
55.8 % of votes cast
31
2.0 % of votes cast
Against party
13
3.1 % of votes cast
39 years, 2 months
Since 11 Jun 1987
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

20
-57.9 vs Commons average
Rank 584 of 650
Appearances
67
-10.9 vs Commons average
Rank 316 of 650
27
-111.3 vs Commons average
Rank 577 of 650
Contributions
89
-49.3 vs Commons average
Rank 354 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,702,592
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£238,962
all imported IPSA years
£270,312
20 % above average
Latest expenses
£238,962
6 % above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
10
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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

Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Trade
70 of 91 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
Migration
129 of 171 votes
#3
Crime / Justice
52 of 62 votes
Work / Employment
58 of 77 votes
#4
Housing
49 of 66 votes
#5
Work / Employment
32 of 39 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Aye
No
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API