Peter Bedford Sparring Partners during the 2024 Parliament
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Nicholas Dakin (Labour)
Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury
(7 debate interactions)
Kirsty Blackman (Scottish National Party)
SNP Chief Whip
(6 debate interactions)
Rachel Reeves (Labour)
Chancellor of the Exchequer
(5 debate interactions)
Justin Madders (Labour)
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade)
(5 debate interactions)
Alex McIntyre (Labour)
(5 debate interactions)
Stephen Kinnock (Labour)
Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
(4 debate interactions)
Keir Starmer (Labour)
Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury
(4 debate interactions)
Alison McGovern (Labour)
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
(4 debate interactions)
Jim McMahon (Labour (Co-op))
Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government)
(4 debate interactions)
Shabana Mahmood (Labour)
Home Secretary
(4 debate interactions)
Greg Smith (Conservative)
Shadow Parliamentary Under Secretary (Energy Security and Net Zero)
(3 debate interactions)
Yvette Cooper (Labour)
Foreign Secretary
(3 debate interactions)
Stephen Doughty (Labour (Co-op))
Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
(3 debate interactions)
Jim Shannon (Democratic Unionist Party)
(3 debate interactions)
Torsten Bell (Labour)
Parliamentary Secretary (HM Treasury)
(3 debate interactions)
Angela Rayner (Labour)
(3 debate interactions)
Jack Rankin (Conservative)
(2 debate interactions)
Gareth Thomas (Labour (Co-op))
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade)
(2 debate interactions)
Ashley Fox (Conservative)
Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons)
(2 debate interactions)
Andrew Western (Labour)
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)
(2 debate interactions)
Daniel Zeichner (Labour)
Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
(2 debate interactions)
Mike Wood (Conservative)
Opposition Whip (Commons)
(2 debate interactions)
Phil Brickell (Labour)
(2 debate interactions)
Emma Reynolds (Labour)
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
(2 debate interactions)
Georgia Gould (Labour)
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
(2 debate interactions)
Stephanie Peacock (Labour)
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
(2 debate interactions)
Kevin Hollinrake (Conservative)
(2 debate interactions)
Jonathan Reynolds (Labour (Co-op))
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (Chief Whip)
(2 debate interactions)
John Milne (Liberal Democrat)
(2 debate interactions)
Judith Cummins (Labour)
(2 debate interactions)
Liz Kendall (Labour)
Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology
(2 debate interactions)
Damien Egan (Labour)
(2 debate interactions)
Gregory Stafford (Conservative)
Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons)
(2 debate interactions)
David Pinto-Duschinsky (Labour)
(2 debate interactions)
Steve Darling (Liberal Democrat)
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Work and Pensions)
(2 debate interactions)
Gregory Campbell (Democratic Unionist Party)
(2 debate interactions)
Blake Stephenson (Conservative)
(2 debate interactions)
Wes Streeting (Labour)
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
(2 debate interactions)
Jerome Mayhew (Conservative)
Opposition Whip (Commons)
(2 debate interactions)
Rebecca Smith (Conservative)
Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons)
(1 debate interactions)
Darren Jones (Labour)
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
(1 debate interactions)
Rachel Taylor (Labour)
(1 debate interactions)
Lee Dillon (Liberal Democrat)
(1 debate interactions)
Robbie Moore (Conservative)
Shadow Minister (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
(1 debate interactions)
Martin Vickers (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
Christopher Chope (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
Kit Malthouse (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
John McDonnell (Independent)
(1 debate interactions)
Debbie Abrahams (Labour)
(1 debate interactions)
Roger Gale (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
Rachel Blake (Labour (Co-op))
(1 debate interactions)
Mark Garnier (Conservative)
Shadow Economic Secretary (Treasury)
(1 debate interactions)
Alison Hume (Labour)
(1 debate interactions)
Matthew Pennycook (Labour)
Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government)
(1 debate interactions)
Sarah Jones (Labour)
Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
(1 debate interactions)
Wendy Chamberlain (Liberal Democrat)
Liberal Democrat Chief Whip
(1 debate interactions)
John Cooper (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
Richard Holden (Conservative)
Shadow Secretary of State for Transport
(1 debate interactions)
Tom Hayes (Labour)
(1 debate interactions)
Jess Phillips (Labour)
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)
(1 debate interactions)
Diana Johnson (Labour)
Minister of State (Home Office)
(1 debate interactions)
Chris Law (Scottish National Party)
Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Business)
(1 debate interactions)
Sarah Olney (Liberal Democrat)
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Cabinet Office)
(1 debate interactions)
Neil O'Brien (Conservative)
Shadow Minister (Policy Renewal and Development)
(1 debate interactions)
Catherine McKinnell (Labour)
Minister of State (Education)
(1 debate interactions)
Bridget Phillipson (Labour)
Minister for Women and Equalities
(1 debate interactions)
Lewis Cocking (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
Emma Hardy (Labour)
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
(1 debate interactions)
Lucy Powell (Labour (Co-op))
(1 debate interactions)
Lindsay Hoyle (Speaker)
(1 debate interactions)
John Slinger (Labour)
(1 debate interactions)
Ben Spencer (Conservative)
Shadow Minister (Science, Innovation and Technology)
(1 debate interactions)