Mr Peter Bedford MP: votes, interests and costs
Mr Peter Bedford represents Mid Leicestershire in the House of Commons for Conservative. Current post: Shadow Parliamentary Under Secretary (Work and Pensions), held since 31 August 2026.
Offices and committees
The Members API lists 2 current posts for Mr Peter Bedford.
Ministerial and shadow posts
| Post | Department | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shadow Parliamentary Under Secretary (Work and Pensions) | Department for Work and Pensions | 31 August 2026 | Current |
| Shadow Minister (Treasury) | HM Treasury | 31 August 2026 | Current |
Committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Work and Pensions Committee | 28 October 2024 | Current |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Pension Schemes Bill | 15 July 2025 | 11 September 2025 |
| Employment Rights Bill | 13 November 2024 | 16 January 2025 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 14de684d876f.
Register of interests
Entries in the register for Mr Peter Bedford, as the MP registered them: Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources (9), Visits outside the UK (1), Miscellaneous (1). Latest registration 12 October 2026. Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
Betting & Gaming Council - £100.00
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: Industry Dinner at Conservative Party Conference
- Value of the benefit: £100.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-10-05
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-10-05
- Name of the donor: Betting & Gaming Council
- Status of the donor: Company
- Name of the donor company: Betting & Gaming Council
Google UK Ltd - £538.50
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: Overnight stay and hospitality at Ditchley Park as part of the AI Parliamentary Scheme by the Social Market Foundation in partnership with Google
- Value of the benefit: £538.50
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-09-02
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-09-02
- Name of the donor: Google UK Ltd
- Status of the donor: Company
- Name of the donor company: Google UK Ltd
Star Sports - £440.00
- Whether the benefit was via an All Parliamentary Group (APPG): APPG for Greyhounds
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: 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 of the benefit: £440.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-06-06
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-06-06
- Name of the donor: Star Sports
- Status of the donor: Company
International visit to Kenya between 24 May 2026 and 29 May 2026
- Purpose of the visit: Cross-party visit to Kenya to engage with political, business and civil society stakeholders on shared UK-Kenya priorities.
- Date Member left the UK: 2026-05-24
- Date Member returned to the UK: 2026-05-29
The Jockey Club - £560.00
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: Two tickets with hospitality at the 2026 Grand National
- Value of the benefit: £560.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-04-11
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-04-11
- Name of the donor: The Jockey Club
- Status of the donor: Company
- Name of the donor company: The Jockey Club
Betting & Gaming Council - £220.00
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: Two hospitality tickets for 'Veterans Race Day' at Leicester Racecourse on Friday 6th March 2026
- Value of the benefit: £220.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-03-06
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-03-06
- Name of the donor: Betting & Gaming Council
- Status of the donor: Company
- Name of the donor company: Betting & Gaming Council
Betting & Gaming Council - £300.00
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: 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 of the benefit: £300.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-03-20
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-03-20
- Name of the donor: Betting & Gaming Council
- Status of the donor: Company
- Name of the donor company: Betting & Gaming Council
Cherish Freedom Trust - £350.00
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: Accommodation and subsistence for a two day conference at which I was a keynote speaker
- Value of the benefit: £350.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-03-20
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-03-20
- Name of the donor: Cherish Freedom Trust
- Status of the donor: Trust
- Details of the trust: Charity Number: 1157697
The Jockey Club - £560.00
- Whether the benefit was via an All Parliamentary Group (APPG): APPG for Racing
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: two tickets with hospitality at the Cheltenham Festival
- Value of the benefit: £560.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-03-13
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-03-13
- Name of the donor: The Jockey Club
- Status of the donor: Company
East Midlands Enterprise Foundation - £500.00
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: Ticket & Hospitality for launch event of the East Midlands Enterprise Foundation at Eaton Hall (Clay) Shooting Ground
- Value of the benefit: £500.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-02-12
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-02-12
- End date, if the benefit was received over time: 2026-02-12
- Name of the donor: East Midlands Enterprise Foundation
- Status of the donor: Company
Executive Committee Member of the British American Parliamentary Group. This is an unpaid role.
- Date on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2024-10-30
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 26 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
IPSA, the body that sets and pays MPs' business costs, records staffing spending of £177,267 for Mr Peter Bedford in 2024-25 against a budget of £185,538. IPSA lists office spending of £30,250 in the same year. Budgets for that year run from the MP's election on 4 July 2024, as IPSA's reason column states. IPSA publishes each budget, the amount spent and the amount left (the remaining amounts are in IPSA's files); no total across budgets is published, so none is given here.
| IPSA figure | 2024-25 |
|---|---|
| Staffing: spent | £177,266.99 |
| Office costs: spent | £30,249.99 |
| Accommodation: spent | £18,444.11 |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £13,000.73 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £30,426, staffing £185,538, accommodation £21,667 (Standard non-London area budget from 5 July 2024, and a start-up supplement of £6,000; Standard non-London area budget from 5 July 2024; Standard budget for renting a property in the London area from 5 July 2024).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Mid Leicestershire CC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Chief of Staff (permanent full time), Caseworker (permanent part time), Senior Parliamentary Assistant (permanent full time), Senior Caseworker (permanent part time), Policy Assistant (fixed term part time), Intern (fixed term part time), Communications Officer (fixed term full time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
Mr Peter Bedford is recorded voting in 450 divisions since 4 July 2024, according to the Commons Votes API. Of these, 41 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. The 30 most recent on bills and motions are listed here. On 20 October 2026 Mr Peter Bedford voted No on "Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading".
Source: Commons Votes API, read 24 October 2026. Only divisions in which a vote is recorded for the MP are counted. The full list on UK Parliament.
Written questions
Mr Peter Bedford has tabled 593 written questions since 4 July 2024, according to the Written Questions API. The latest 10 were addressed to Department of Health and Social Care, Ministry of Justice, Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade and 4 other departments.
Food: Sales Promotions
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the volume price promotion restrictions in the Food (Promotion and Placement) (England) Regulations 2021 on food price inflation f …
Administration of Justice: Maladministration
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of administrative errors on litigants in person seeking to access justice.
HM Courts and Tribunals Service: Lost Property
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the incidence of lost applications and documents within HM Courts and Tribunals Service.
Animal Experiments
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what steps he is taking to work towards the phasing out of animal testing.
Primary Care: Complaints
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what alternative routes of redress are available to patients whose complaints about NHS primary care services are not investigated by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman.
General Practitioners: Complaints
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions she has had with the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman on complaints concerning GP practices that are not investigated due to resource prioritisation policies.
Medical Certificates: Sick Leave
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance his Department has issued to GP practices on the maximum duration for which fit notes may be issued.
Children's Commissioner for England: Operating Costs
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the total running costs of the office of the Children's Commissioner for England was for the last full year in which data is available.
Information Commissioner's Office: Operating Costs
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what the total running costs of the office of the Information Commissioner was for the last full year in which data is available.
Charity Commission: Operating Costs
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the total running costs of the office of the Charity Commission for England & Wales was for the last full year in which data is available.
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 d0505811ee1d. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Mr Peter Bedford.
2024 general election
At the 4 July 2024 general election Mid Leicestershire returned Mr Peter Bedford with a majority of 2,201: 17,735 votes, 36.9% of those cast, against 15,534 for Robert Martin. Result as published: Con hold.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Mid Leicestershire figures
Built 15 October 2026 from official records; register entries and votes are re-read on a rolling schedule. This page sets out what the record shows and gives no rating of the MP. Official UK Parliament page · All MPs · Something wrong? Tell us.