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Nick Smith vs Mr Peter Bedford
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Nick Smith and Mr Peter Bedford voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 305 shared comparable votes.
8 same votes
297 different votes
305 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
74.4 %
1 % above average
Participation
73.2 %
same as average
1,720
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
385
526 eligible divisions
994
57.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
166
43.1 % of votes cast
726
42.2 % of votes cast
No votes
219
56.9 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
13
3.4 % of votes cast
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Debates
62
+2.1 vs Commons average
Appearances
62
+2.1 vs Commons average
90
-17.9 vs Commons average
Contributions
82
-25.9 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£2,595,067
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£238,962
all imported IPSA years
£251,492
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£238,962
6 % above average
0
0 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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API