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Stephen Kinnock vs Mr Peter Bedford

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

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Stephen Kinnock
Lab Aberafan Maesteg
vs
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Mr Peter Bedford
Con Mid Leicestershire

Voting alignment

Stephen Kinnock and Mr Peter Bedford voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 369 shared comparable votes.

21 same votes 348 different votes 369 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 4 No
Benefits 11% aligned 18 shared votes
2 Aye 16 No
18 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 42 shared votes
23 Aye 19 No
46 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
27 Aye 46 No
26 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
8 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
46 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
27 Aye 46 No
26 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
8 Aye 26 No
25 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
5 Aye 25 No
13 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 12 No
Transport 0% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

75.4%
3% above average
Rank 300 of 649
Participation
73.1%
same as average
Rank 359 of 649
1,792
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
431
590 eligible divisions
1,013
56.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
194
45.0% of votes cast
779
43.5% of votes cast
No votes
237
55.0% of votes cast
2
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
15
3.5% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

115
+32.7 vs Commons average
Rank 124 of 649
Appearances
63
-19.3 vs Commons average
Rank 352 of 649
443
+299.5 vs Commons average
Rank 28 of 649
Contributions
75
-68.5 vs Commons average
Rank 421 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,167,873
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£238,962
all imported IPSA years
£312,875
38% above average
Latest expenses
£238,962
6% above average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
9
3 registered categories
0
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

Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#2
Crime / Justice
52 of 62 votes
Migration
150 of 171 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 24 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#4
Work / Employment
32 of 39 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
#5
Defence
27 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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