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Peter Dowd vs Mr Peter Bedford

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


Voting alignment

Peter Dowd and Mr Peter Bedford voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 260 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 252 different votes 260 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
1 Aye 3 No
Benefits 50% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 10% aligned 29 shared votes
22 Aye 7 No
44 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 75 shared votes
31 Aye 44 No
18 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
11 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
44 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 75 shared votes
31 Aye 44 No
18 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
11 Aye 18 No
23 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
4 Aye 23 No
9 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 3 No
Energy 0% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

69.2 %
4 % below average
Rank 455 of 648
Participation
73.2 %
same as average
Rank 363 of 648
1,599
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
385
526 eligible divisions
904
56.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
166
43.1 % of votes cast
695
43.5 % 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
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

29
-31.4 vs Commons average
Rank 515 of 648
Appearances
62
+1.6 vs Commons average
Rank 214 of 648
14
-94.9 vs Commons average
Rank 615 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

£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£238,962
all imported IPSA years
£243,077
7 % above average
Latest expenses
£238,962
6 % above average
1
1 registered category
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
52 of 59 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 75 votes
#3
Defence
19 of 22 votes
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
51 of 61 votes
Education
75 of 95 votes
#5
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API