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Sir Roger Gale vs Mr Peter Bedford

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


Voting alignment

Sir Roger Gale and Mr Peter Bedford voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 295 shared comparable votes.

293 same votes 2 different votes 295 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
21 Aye 43 No
Tax 100% aligned 64 shared votes
21 Aye 43 No
11 Aye 20 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
11 Aye 20 No
14 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No
13 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 89% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
21 Aye 43 No
Tax 100% aligned 64 shared votes
21 Aye 43 No
11 Aye 20 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
11 Aye 20 No
14 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No
13 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

57.1 %
16 % below average
Rank 595 of 649
Participation
73.6 %
1 % above average
Rank 341 of 649
1,347
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
423
575 eligible divisions
620
46.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
187
44.2 % of votes cast
727
54.0 % of votes cast
No votes
236
55.8 % of votes cast
30
2.2 % of votes cast
Against party
13
3.1 % of votes cast
43 years, 2 months
Since 9 Jun 1983
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

112
+34.1 vs Commons average
Rank 113 of 650
Appearances
67
-10.9 vs Commons average
Rank 316 of 650
102
-36.3 vs Commons average
Rank 307 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

£2,582,465
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£238,962
all imported IPSA years
£243,306
8 % above average
Latest expenses
£238,962
6 % above average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
10
3 registered categories
1
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

Democracy / Parliament
35 of 43 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Defence
56 of 71 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
Transport
72 of 95 votes
#3
Crime / Justice
52 of 62 votes
Housing
48 of 66 votes
#4
Trade
66 of 91 votes
#5
Work / Employment
32 of 39 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API