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Shabana Mahmood vs Mr Peter Bedford

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


Voting alignment

Shabana Mahmood and Mr Peter Bedford voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 110 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 107 different votes 110 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 4 No
Benefits 29% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
17 Aye 5 No
Tax 0% aligned 22 shared votes
5 Aye 17 No
10 Aye 2 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 12 shared votes
2 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 5 No
Tax 0% aligned 22 shared votes
5 Aye 17 No
10 Aye 2 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 12 shared votes
2 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

53.6 %
19 % below average
Rank 612 of 649
Participation
73.6 %
1 % above average
Rank 341 of 649
1,266
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
423
575 eligible divisions
729
57.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
187
44.2 % of votes cast
537
42.4 % of votes cast
No votes
236
55.8 % of votes cast
12
0.9 % of votes cast
Against party
13
3.1 % of votes cast
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

73
-4.9 vs Commons average
Rank 282 of 650
Appearances
67
-10.9 vs Commons average
Rank 316 of 650
838
+699.7 vs Commons average
Rank 7 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

£2,874,401
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£238,962
all imported IPSA years
£287,702
27 % above average
Latest expenses
£238,962
6 % above average
4
1 registered category
Registered interests
10
3 registered categories
5
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
182 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Foreign Affairs
51 of 69 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
Democracy / Parliament
28 of 43 votes
#3
Crime / Justice
52 of 62 votes
Trade
59 of 91 votes
#4
Migration
107 of 171 votes
#5
Work / Employment
32 of 39 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API