Official portrait of Mr Peter Bedford

Mr Peter Bedford

Conservative MP for Mid Leicestershire, since 4 July 2024

Mr Peter Bedford is the Conservative MP for Mid Leicestershire, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024.

Scorecard

73.6% Attendance Turns up more often than most MPs who vote
423 Votes cast out of 575 divisions
152 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
13 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Conservative MPs
10 Interests declared none at £5,000 or more
124 Debates spoken in 577 written questions tabled

Ranked 298 of 638 MPs for attendance. The median of MPs who vote is 72.3%. Ministers and front-benchers vote less often than backbenchers for reasons of office rather than absenteeism, and Parliament does not publish reasons for any absence — the ranking is a starting point for a question, not an answer to one.

Voting record

575 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.

DateQuestionTheir voteResult
15 Jul 2026 Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots deferred division No 330–109
15 Jul 2026 Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 deferred division No 330–109
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 Aye 104–412
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 Aye 102–409
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 No vote 93–323
13 Jul 2026 Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading No vote 264–90
13 Jul 2026 Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading Aye 97–358
8 Jul 2026 Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 deferred division No 283–182
8 Jul 2026 Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 deferred division No 317–103
8 Jul 2026 Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 deferred division No 369–102
7 Jul 2026 Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners Aye 115–0
6 Jul 2026 National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 No 394–85
1 Jul 2026 Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 Aye 177–308
1 Jul 2026 Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 Aye 173–282
1 Jul 2026 Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 No vote 80–281
1 Jul 2026 Draft Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 deferred division No 318–107
1 Jul 2026 Draft Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 deferred division No 322–107
24 Jun 2026 Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 No 330–93
24 Jun 2026 Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 No 329–94
24 Jun 2026 Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 No 332–94
24 Jun 2026 Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 deferred division No 323–160
23 Jun 2026 Opposition Day: Puberty blockers Aye 112–283
23 Jun 2026 Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment No 294–110
23 Jun 2026 Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness Aye 108–307
22 Jun 2026 Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 No vote 171–322

Declared financial interests

Quoted in full from the Register of Members' Financial Interests. Entries where the largest figure is £5,000 or more are marked. A declaration is not a wrongdoing — the register exists precisely so that these things are visible.

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

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)

On the register since 30 Jun 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)

On the register since 27 May 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)

On the register since 14 Apr 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)

On the register since 14 Apr 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)

On the register since 24 Mar 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)

On the register since 24 Mar 2026

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)

On the register since 24 Feb 2026

Name of donor: Football Association Limited
Address of donor: Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London HA9 0WS
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two tickets, including hospitality, for the Women's England v Jamaica football game at the King Power Stadium, Leicester City, value £350
Date received: 29 June 2025
Date accepted: 29 June 2025
Donor status: company, registration 00077797
(Registered 4 July 2025)

On the register since 15 Jul 2025

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)

On the register since 16 Jun 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)

On the register since 22 Jan 2025

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Debates

124 debates contributed to in total. The ten most recent:


Sources: Commons Votes API, Members API and the Register of Members' Financial Interests, all published by Parliament under the Open Parliament Licence. This member's register and debate record were last refreshed 3 Aug 2026. How every figure is worked out →

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