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Rushanara Ali vs Mr Peter Bedford

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


Voting alignment

Rushanara Ali and Mr Peter Bedford voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 338 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 331 different votes 338 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
3 Aye 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
14 Aye 5 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
3 Aye 16 No
26 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 50 shared votes
23 Aye 27 No
43 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
28 Aye 43 No
25 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
10 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
43 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
28 Aye 43 No
25 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
10 Aye 25 No
20 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
2 Aye 20 No
14 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No
10 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

76.1 %
3 % above average
Rank 297 of 648
Participation
73.2 %
same as average
Rank 363 of 648
1,759
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
385
526 eligible divisions
1,008
57.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
166
43.1 % of votes cast
751
42.7 % of votes cast
No votes
219
56.9 % of votes cast
18
1.0 % of votes cast
Against party
13
3.4 % of votes cast
16 years, 0 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

22
-38.4 vs Commons average
Rank 561 of 648
Appearances
62
+1.6 vs Commons average
Rank 214 of 648
60
-48.9 vs Commons average
Rank 407 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

£2,943,041
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£238,962
all imported IPSA years
£325,502
44 % above average
Latest expenses
£238,962
6 % above average
5
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

Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 45 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#3
Defence
19 of 22 votes
Housing
58 of 66 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
51 of 61 votes
Trade
77 of 88 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

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