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Tahir Ali vs Mr Peter Bedford

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


Voting alignment

Tahir Ali and Mr Peter Bedford voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 337 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 331 different votes 337 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
12 Aye 5 No
Benefits 12% aligned 17 shared votes
3 Aye 14 No
22 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 46 shared votes
22 Aye 24 No
45 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 79 shared votes
34 Aye 45 No
22 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
8 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
45 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 79 shared votes
34 Aye 45 No
22 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
8 Aye 22 No
19 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
5 Aye 19 No
15 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
9 Aye 11 No
Transport 0% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

75.8%
3% above average
Rank 291 of 649
Participation
73.1%
same as average
Rank 359 of 649
1,257
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
431
590 eligible divisions
664
52.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
194
45.0% of votes cast
593
47.2% of votes cast
No votes
237
55.0% of votes cast
6
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
15
3.5% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

29
-54.7 vs Commons average
Rank 560 of 649
Appearances
64
-19.7 vs Commons average
Rank 351 of 649
42
-103.9 vs Commons average
Rank 541 of 649
Contributions
77
-68.9 vs Commons average
Rank 420 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,069,100
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£238,962
all imported IPSA years
£269,557
19% above average
Latest expenses
£238,962
6% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
10
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

Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#2
Crime / Justice
52 of 62 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 44 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes
#4
Work / Employment
32 of 39 votes
Crime / Justice
146 of 174 votes
#5
Defence
27 of 34 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API