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Tom Gordon vs Mr Peter Bedford

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


Voting alignment

Tom Gordon and Mr Peter Bedford voted the same way 78% of the time, based on 286 shared comparable votes.

224 same votes 62 different votes 286 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
4 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
26 Aye 39 No
Tax 94% aligned 65 shared votes
24 Aye 41 No
5 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 90% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
9 Aye 10 No
Education 89% aligned 19 shared votes
7 Aye 12 No
10 Aye 9 No
Defence 84% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 4 shared votes
0 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 1 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 1 No
Energy 38% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
9 Aye 7 No
Housing 50% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 No
1 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 67% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

67.8%
5% below average
Rank 467 of 649
Participation
73.1%
same as average
Rank 359 of 649
400
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
431
590 eligible divisions
219
54.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
194
45.0% of votes cast
181
45.3% of votes cast
No votes
237
55.0% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
15
3.5% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

194
+111.7 vs Commons average
Rank 22 of 649
Appearances
63
-19.3 vs Commons average
Rank 352 of 649
276
+132.5 vs Commons average
Rank 70 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

£217,333
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£238,962
all imported IPSA years
£217,333
4% below average
Latest expenses
£238,962
6% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
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

Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#2
Crime / Justice
52 of 62 votes
Benefits
26 of 30 votes
#3
Housing
26 of 32 votes
#4
Work / Employment
32 of 39 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#5
Defence
27 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API