Peter Bedford Sparring Partners during the 2024 Parliament
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Kirsty Blackman (Scottish National Party)
SNP Chief Whip
(8 debate interactions)
Nicholas Dakin (Labour)
Vice Chamberlain (HM Household) (Whip, House of Commons)
(7 debate interactions)
Torsten Bell (Labour)
Parliamentary Secretary (HM Treasury)
(7 debate interactions)
Keir Starmer (Labour)
Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury
(6 debate interactions)
Rachel Reeves (Labour)
Chancellor of the Exchequer
(5 debate interactions)
Justin Madders (Labour)
(5 debate interactions)
Alex McIntyre (Labour)
(5 debate interactions)
Stephen Kinnock (Labour)
Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
(4 debate interactions)
Alison McGovern (Labour)
Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government)
(4 debate interactions)
Jim McMahon (Labour (Co-op))
(4 debate interactions)
Shabana Mahmood (Labour)
Home Secretary
(4 debate interactions)
Jim Shannon (Democratic Unionist Party)
(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)
Bridget Phillipson (Labour)
Minister for Women and Equalities
(3 debate interactions)
Greg Smith (Conservative)
Shadow Parliamentary Under Secretary (Energy Security and Net Zero)
(3 debate interactions)
Angela Rayner (Labour)
(3 debate interactions)
David Pinto-Duschinsky (Labour)
(3 debate interactions)
Gregory Stafford (Conservative)
Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons)
(3 debate interactions)
Antonia Bance (Labour)
(3 debate interactions)
Mark Garnier (Conservative)
Shadow Economic Secretary (Treasury)
(3 debate interactions)
Jerome Mayhew (Conservative)
Opposition Whip (Commons)
(3 debate interactions)
Luke Pollard (Labour (Co-op))
Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
(2 debate interactions)
Georgia Gould (Labour)
Minister of State (Education)
(2 debate interactions)
Andrew Western (Labour)
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)
(2 debate interactions)
Kevin Hollinrake (Conservative)
(2 debate interactions)
James Murray (Labour (Co-op))
Chief Secretary to the Treasury
(2 debate interactions)
Nusrat Ghani (Conservative)
(2 debate interactions)
Ashley Dalton (Labour)
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
(2 debate interactions)
Ed Miliband (Labour)
Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero
(2 debate interactions)
Judith Cummins (Labour)
(2 debate interactions)
Damien Egan (Labour)
(2 debate interactions)
Rebecca Smith (Conservative)
Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons)
(2 debate interactions)
Steve Darling (Liberal Democrat)
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Work and Pensions)
(2 debate interactions)
Stephanie Peacock (Labour)
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
(2 debate interactions)
Gareth Thomas (Labour (Co-op))
(2 debate interactions)
Douglas Alexander (Labour (Co-op))
Secretary of State for Scotland
(2 debate interactions)
Phil Brickell (Labour)
(2 debate interactions)
Liz Kendall (Labour)
Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology
(2 debate interactions)
Rachel Blake (Labour (Co-op))
(2 debate interactions)
Ashley Fox (Conservative)
Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons)
(2 debate interactions)
Wes Streeting (Labour)
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
(2 debate interactions)
Blake Stephenson (Conservative)
(2 debate interactions)
John Milne (Liberal Democrat)
(2 debate interactions)
Mike Wood (Conservative)
Opposition Whip (Commons)
(2 debate interactions)
Gregory Campbell (Democratic Unionist Party)
(2 debate interactions)
Jonathan Reynolds (Labour (Co-op))
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (Chief Whip)
(2 debate interactions)
Jack Rankin (Conservative)
(2 debate interactions)
Lewis Cocking (Conservative)
(2 debate interactions)
Emma Reynolds (Labour)
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
(2 debate interactions)
Daniel Zeichner (Labour)
(2 debate interactions)
Jess Phillips (Labour)
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)
(2 debate interactions)
Richard Holden (Conservative)
Shadow Secretary of State for Transport
(1 debate interactions)
Wendy Chamberlain (Liberal Democrat)
Liberal Democrat Chief Whip
(1 debate interactions)
John Cooper (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
Al Carns (Labour)
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for Veterans)
(1 debate interactions)
John Grady (Labour)
(1 debate interactions)
Roger Gale (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
Tony Vaughan (Labour)
(1 debate interactions)
Sarah Jones (Labour)
Minister of State (Home Office)
(1 debate interactions)
Andrew Snowden (Conservative)
Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons)
(1 debate interactions)
Desmond Swayne (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
Luke Charters (Labour)
(1 debate interactions)
Josh Fenton-Glynn (Labour)
(1 debate interactions)
Alex Norris (Labour (Co-op))
Minister of State (Home Office)
(1 debate interactions)
Matthew Pennycook (Labour)
Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government)
(1 debate interactions)
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
Christopher Chope (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
Rachel Taylor (Labour)
(1 debate interactions)
Lucy Powell (Labour (Co-op))
(1 debate interactions)
Lindsay Hoyle (Speaker)
(1 debate interactions)
John Slinger (Labour)
(1 debate interactions)
Emma Hardy (Labour)
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
(1 debate interactions)
Ben Spencer (Conservative)
Shadow Minister (Science, Innovation and Technology)
(1 debate interactions)
Catherine McKinnell (Labour)
(1 debate interactions)
Sarah Olney (Liberal Democrat)
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Business)
(1 debate interactions)
Neil O'Brien (Conservative)
Shadow Minister (Policy Renewal and Development)
(1 debate interactions)
Alison Hume (Labour)
(1 debate interactions)
Tom Hayes (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)
Darren Jones (Labour)
Minister for Intergovernmental Relations
(1 debate interactions)
Chris Law (Scottish National Party)
Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Business)
(1 debate interactions)
Kit Malthouse (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
John McDonnell (Labour)
(1 debate interactions)
Debbie Abrahams (Labour)
(1 debate interactions)
Diana Johnson (Labour)
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
(1 debate interactions)