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Sir Mel Stride vs Mr Peter Bedford
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Sir Mel Stride and Mr Peter Bedford voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 274 shared comparable votes.
273 same votes
1 different votes
274 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
77.9%
5% above average
Participation
73.1%
same as average
1,850
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
431
590 eligible divisions
896
48.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
194
45.0% of votes cast
954
51.6% of votes cast
No votes
237
55.0% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
15
3.5% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Debates
29
-54.6 vs Commons average
Appearances
64
-19.6 vs Commons average
47
-98.7 vs Commons average
Contributions
77
-68.7 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£2,344,654
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£238,962
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5% above average
Latest expenses
£238,962
6% above average
27
6 registered categories
Registered interests
10
3 registered categories
9
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
No
No
No
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots
15 Jul 2026
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API