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Sir Stephen Timms vs Mr Peter Bedford

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


Voting alignment

Sir Stephen Timms and Mr Peter Bedford voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 300 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 294 different votes 300 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
7 Aye 5 No
Benefits 17% aligned 12 shared votes
3 Aye 9 No
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
19 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 43 shared votes
22 Aye 21 No
34 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 61 shared votes
27 Aye 34 No
22 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
8 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 61 shared votes
27 Aye 34 No
22 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
8 Aye 22 No
25 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
5 Aye 25 No
9 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
14 Aye 3 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 17 shared votes
3 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

79.2 %
6 % above average
Rank 232 of 648
Participation
73.2 %
same as average
Rank 363 of 648
1,832
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
385
526 eligible divisions
1,014
55.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
166
43.1 % of votes cast
818
44.7 % of votes cast
No votes
219
56.9 % of votes cast
13
0.7 % of votes cast
Against party
13
3.4 % of votes cast
31 years, 11 months
Since 9 Jun 1994
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

53
-7.4 vs Commons average
Rank 297 of 648
Appearances
62
+1.6 vs Commons average
Rank 214 of 648
155
+46.1 vs Commons average
Rank 110 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

£2,605,766
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£238,962
all imported IPSA years
£272,963
21 % above average
Latest expenses
£238,962
6 % above average
3
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

Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Defence
55 of 59 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 45 votes
#3
Defence
19 of 22 votes
Migration
152 of 169 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
51 of 61 votes
Transport
78 of 87 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