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Mr Peter Bedford

Conservative Mid Leicestershire

Voting record

2
Voted for
4
Voted against
3
Didn’t vote

Based on 9 recorded Commons divisions at Second or Third Reading of bills tracked by Hear, Hear — not a full voting record. “Didn’t vote” means Parliament has no vote recorded for them in that division (absent, abstained, paired, or excused). See the All votes tab below for every division.

See Mr Peter Bedford’s full voting record on Parliament’s site →

Whip meter Estimate 73%

How often Mr Peter Bedford voted the same way as most of the Conservative party, across every recorded division. Parliament doesn’t publish whether a vote was officially whipped, so this is our best estimate from the public record — not a confirmed fact.

Recent votes
Representation of the People Bill — voted didn't vote at 3rd reading
Immigration and Asylum Bill — voted didn't vote at 2nd reading
Railways Bill — voted No at 3rd reading
Courts and Tribunals Bill — voted No at 2nd reading
Railways Bill — voted No at 2nd reading
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill — voted No at 2nd reading
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill — voted Aye at 3rd reading
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill — voted Aye at 3rd reading

Government & opposition roles

Mr Peter Bedford currently holds 2 government or shadow front-bench posts. See Government for who else currently holds one.

Currently holds
Shadow Parliamentary Under Secretary (Work and Pensions) — Department for Work and Pensions — since 2026-08-31 Shadow
Shadow Minister (Treasury) — HM Treasury — since 2026-08-31 Shadow

Declared financial interests

From Parliament’s Register of Members’ Financial Interests — Parliament’s official register for Mr Peter Bedford →. Topic tags below are our own automated, best-effort keyword match, not Parliament’s classification.

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Name of donor: East Midlands Enterprise Foundation
Address of donor: 13 The Courtyard, Timothy's Bridge Road, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Warwickshire CV37 9NP
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Ticket & Hospitality for launch event of the East Midlands Enterprise Foundation at Eaton Hall (Clay) Shooting Ground, value £500
Date received: 12 February 2026 to 12 February 2026
Date accepted: 12 February 2026
Donor status: company, registration 16740857
(Registered 12 February 2026)

Name of donor: The Jockey Club
Address of donor: The Jockey Club, 21-27 Lambs Conduit Street, London WC1N 3NL
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: two tickets with hospitality at the Cheltenham Festival, value £560
Date received: 13 March 2026
Date accepted: 13 March 2026
Donor status: company, registration 02909409
(Registered 16 March 2026)

Name of donor: Cherish Freedom Trust
Address of donor: Turcan Connell, 6th Floor, 17a Curzon Street, London W1J 5HS
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Accommodation and subsistence for a two day conference at which I was a keynote speaker, value £350
Date received: 20 March 2026
Date accepted: 20 March 2026
Donor status: trust (Charity Number: 1157697)
(Registered 20 March 2026)

Name of donor: Betting & Gaming Council
Address of donor: 1 Seebeck Place, Knowlhill, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK5 8FR
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Charity Bet (£50) for the 2026 Grand National; of which any winnings, plus an additional £250 will be donated to a local charity of my choice, value £300
Date received: 20 March 2026
Date accepted: 20 March 2026
Donor status: company, registration 12213577
(Registered 26 March 2026)

Name of donor: Betting & Gaming Council
Address of donor: 1 Seebeck Place, Knowlhill, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK5 8FR
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two hospitality tickets for 'Veterans Race Day' at Leicester Racecourse on Friday 6th March 2026, value £220
Date received: 6 March 2026
Date accepted: 6 March 2026
Donor status: company, registration 12213577
(Registered 26 March 2026)

Name of donor: The Jockey Club
Address of donor: 21-27 Lambs Conduit Street, London WC1N 3NL
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two tickets with hospitality at the 2026 Grand National, value £560
Date received: 11 April 2026
Date accepted: 11 April 2026
Donor status: company, registration 02909409
(Registered 11 April 2026)

Name of donor: Star Sports
Address of donor: Star House, 255 Old Shoreham Road, Hove BN3 7ED
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Hospitality for two at Towcester Racecourse for the 2026 English Greyhound Derby. Invited in my capacity as the Chair of the APPG for Greyhounds, value £440
Date received: 6 June 2026
Date accepted: 6 June 2026
Donor status: company, registration 01873919
(Registered 16 June 2026)

Name of donor: Google UK Ltd
Address of donor: 1 St Giles High Street, London WC2H 8AG
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Overnight stay and hospitality at Ditchley Park as part of the AI Parliamentary Scheme by the Social Market Foundation in partnership with Google, value £538.50
Date received: 2 September 2026
Date accepted: 2 September 2026
Donor status: company, registration 03977902
(Registered 10 September 2026)

4. Visits outside the UK

Name of donor: The Coalition for Global Prosperity (CGP)
Address of donor: 1 Horse Guards Avenue, London SW1A 2HU
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): £4,138.22 flights (£1,303.54), accomodation (£843.77), local transport (£1,496.14), food, refreshments and misc. (£494.77)
Destination of visit: Kenya (Nairobi)
Dates of visit: 24 May 2026 to 29 May 2026
Purpose of visit: Cross-party visit to Kenya to engage with political, business and civil society stakeholders on shared UK-Kenya priorities.
(Registered 5 June 2026)

8. Miscellaneous

Executive Committee Member of the British American Parliamentary Group. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 30 October 2024
(Registered 9 January 2025)

Written questions to government

No written questions on file for Mr Peter Bedford yet — this only covers what Hear, Hear has fetched so far (see Written questions), not necessarily every question Mr Peter Bedford has ever tabled.

Business costs (IPSA)

£278,483.60 paid out to or for Mr Peter Bedford across 499 claims — combining every financial year on file, not just the current one — covering office costs, accommodation, travel, and bought-in/temporary staffing. This does not include Mr Peter Bedford’s permanent staff’s salaries — typically the biggest single share of an MP’s real costs — which IPSA only publishes once a year, after the year closes, as one aggregate figure, never as individual claims. Some categories (especially travel) are reported by IPSA as one whole-year total rather than itemised by date — marked “Aggregated” below. See MP expenses to filter this to a single year.

By category
Staffing — £196,291.74 (65 claims)
Office Costs — £50,178.36 (371 claims)
Accommodation — £19,012.77 (36 claims)
MP Travel — £6,974.18 (11 claims)
Staff Travel — £5,826.84 (13 claims)
Dependant Travel — £199.71 (3 claims)
Most recent claims
Bought-in services — £480.00, 2026-03-31 — Administrative services
Software & applications — £228.00, 2026-03-28 — VEED LIMITED [200013613-1887]
Bought-in services — £525.00, 2026-03-26 — Administrative services
Postage & couriers — £174.00, 2026-03-23 — Royal Mail
Utilities — £54.63, 2026-03-23 — Dual Fuel
Landline phone & internet - rental & usage — £64.32, 2026-03-20 — Landline & internet package
Advertising and contact cards — £70.20, 2026-03-19 — Advertising: MP Contact Details
Advertising and contact cards — £70.20, 2026-03-19 — Advertising: MP Contact Details

Every claim on file for Mr Peter Bedford →

Early Day Motions

Mr Peter Bedford has tabled 1 Early Day Motion on file (as primary sponsor), drawing 46 sponsor signatures in total across them. This only counts motions Mr Peter Bedford personally tabled — not motions Mr Peter Bedford may have added their name to as a supporter, which this data source doesn’t track per MP. See Early Day Motions for what this does and doesn’t cover.

Most recent tabled
Memorial for Ann Widdecombe — tabled 2026-07-13, 46 sponsors

All-Party Parliamentary Groups

Mr Peter Bedford is a listed officer of 5 All-Party Parliamentary Groups on file. See APPGs for the full register and the biggest funders overall.

All-Party Parliamentary Group for Non-Profit Making Members Clubs — Chair & Registered Contact
No declared funding on file.
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Apprenticeships — Officer
Declared funding: Connect Public Affairs (£55,501-57,000).
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Canada — Vice Chair
No declared funding on file.
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Liver Disease and Liver Cancer — Vice Chair
No declared funding on file.
All-Party Parliamentary Group on the Future of Financial Services — Chair & Registered Contact
Declared funding: Barndoor Strategy (£4,501-6,000).
Who funds these groups

Biggest declared funder across these groups: Connect Public Affairs — about £56,250.50 across 1 group (All-Party Parliamentary Group on Apprenticeships).

Connect Public Affairs — about £56,250.50, 1 group
Barndoor Strategy — about £5,250.50, 1 group

Read this carefully: funding is declared by the group (often to pay for a secretariat that runs it), not paid to Mr Peter Bedford personally, and declaring it is a legal requirement rather than a sign of wrongdoing. This only covers groups Mr Peter Bedford is a listed officer of — ordinary members aren’t published. Amounts are Parliament’s own figures; where it gave a banded range the midpoint is used, so totals are approximate. Funders are grouped by name, so the same organisation spelled very differently may appear twice.

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