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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 232 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 225 different votes 232 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

65.7 %
8 % below average
Rank 510 of 648
Participation
73.2 %
same as average
Rank 363 of 648
1,519
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
385
526 eligible divisions
850
56.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
166
43.1 % of votes cast
669
44.0 % of votes cast
No votes
219
56.9 % of votes cast
n/a
rebellion not calculated
Against party
13
3.4 % of votes cast
38 years, 11 months
Since 11 Jun 1987
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

13
-47.4 vs Commons average
Rank 605 of 648
Appearances
62
+1.6 vs Commons average
Rank 214 of 648
16
-92.9 vs Commons average
Rank 601 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

£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
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

Defence
49 of 59 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
Trade
70 of 88 votes
#3
Defence
19 of 22 votes
Work / Employment
58 of 75 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
51 of 61 votes
Migration
127 of 169 votes
#5

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