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Mr Peter Bedford

Mr Peter Bedford

Conservative MP for Mid Leicestershire

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

Message

Seat status

Marginal

Majority size

2,201

Recent swing

-25.3% Conservative

Party

Conservative

Top donors:

East Midlands Enterprise Foundation (£500)

Hestview Limited (£350)

Football Association Limited (£350)

Key Parliamentary VotesSee where your MP stands on these issues

VOTED NO
21 Oct 2024

Employment Rights Bill

✓ Passed 386 For, 105 Against

Mr Peter voted against the majority

VOTED AYE
29 Nov 2024

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill

✓ Passed 330 For, 275 Against

Mr Peter voted with the majority

DID NOT VOTE
11 Dec 2024

Draft Movement of Goods (Northern Ireland to Great Britain) (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Transitory Provision and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2024

✓ Passed 375 For, 9 Against

Where Mr Peter fits into things

Keir Starmer

Keir Starmer

Prime Minister

Mr Peter Bedford

Mr Peter Bedford

Member of Parliament

Mid Leicestershire

Surgeries

Monthly in-person, occasional online

Examples of successful citizen influence

  • Coordinated constituent emails leading to parliamentary questions
  • Local campaign prompting a public statement

Pressure that tends to influence

  • High volume constituent contact
  • Media attention on local issues
  • Cross-party committee pressure

Committees

  • Work and Pensions Committee