Peter Bedford Sparring Partners during the 2024 Parliament
View all Parliaments
Nicholas Dakin (Labour)
Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury
(7 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)
Keir Starmer (Labour)
Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury
(4 debate interactions)
Jim McMahon (Labour (Co-op))
Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government)
(4 debate interactions)
Alison McGovern (Labour)
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
(4 debate interactions)
Shabana Mahmood (Labour)
Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice
(4 debate interactions)
Stephen Kinnock (Labour)
Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
(4 debate interactions)
Greg Smith (Conservative)
Opposition Whip (Commons)
(3 debate interactions)
Jim Shannon (Democratic Unionist Party)
(3 debate interactions)
Stephen Doughty (Labour (Co-op))
Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
(3 debate interactions)
Angela Rayner (Labour)
Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government
(3 debate interactions)
Georgia Gould (Labour)
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
(2 debate interactions)
Emma Reynolds (Labour)
Economic Secretary (HM Treasury)
(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)
Kevin Hollinrake (Conservative)
Shadow Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
(2 debate interactions)
Kirsty Blackman (Scottish National Party)
SNP Chief Whip
(2 debate interactions)
Stephanie Peacock (Labour)
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
(2 debate interactions)
Torsten Bell (Labour)
Parliamentary Secretary (HM Treasury)
(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)
Phil Brickell (Labour)
(2 debate interactions)
Jack Rankin (Conservative)
(2 debate interactions)
Jonathan Reynolds (Labour (Co-op))
President of the Board of Trade
(2 debate interactions)
Wes Streeting (Labour)
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
(2 debate interactions)
Blake Stephenson (Conservative)
(2 debate interactions)
Gregory Campbell (Democratic Unionist Party)
(2 debate interactions)
Jerome Mayhew (Conservative)
Opposition Whip (Commons)
(2 debate interactions)
Gregory Stafford (Conservative)
Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons)
(2 debate interactions)
Mike Wood (Conservative)
Opposition Whip (Commons)
(2 debate interactions)
Martin Vickers (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
Robbie Moore (Conservative)
Shadow Minister (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
(1 debate interactions)
Lee Dillon (Liberal Democrat)
(1 debate interactions)
Rachel Taylor (Labour)
(1 debate interactions)
Roger Gale (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
Darren Jones (Labour)
Chief Secretary to the Treasury
(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)
Sarah Olney (Liberal Democrat)
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Cabinet Office)
(1 debate interactions)
Kit Malthouse (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
Judith Cummins (Labour)
(1 debate interactions)
John McDonnell (Independent)
(1 debate interactions)
Ben Spencer (Conservative)
Shadow Minister (Science, Innovation and Technology)
(1 debate interactions)
Debbie Abrahams (Labour)
(1 debate interactions)
Neil O'Brien (Conservative)
Shadow Minister (Education)
(1 debate interactions)
Tom Hayes (Labour)
(1 debate interactions)
Alison Hume (Labour)
(1 debate interactions)
Catherine McKinnell (Labour)
Minister of State (Education)
(1 debate interactions)
Bridget Phillipson (Labour)
Minister for Women and Equalities
(1 debate interactions)
John Milne (Liberal Democrat)
(1 debate interactions)
Chris Law (Scottish National Party)
Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Business)
(1 debate interactions)
Diana Johnson (Labour)
Minister of State (Home Office)
(1 debate interactions)
Christopher Chope (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
Jess Phillips (Labour)
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)
(1 debate interactions)
Yvette Cooper (Labour)
Home Secretary
(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)
Richard Holden (Conservative)
Opposition Whip (Commons)
(1 debate interactions)
John Cooper (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
Wendy Chamberlain (Liberal Democrat)
Liberal Democrat Chief Whip
(1 debate interactions)
Lucy Powell (Labour (Co-op))
Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons
(1 debate interactions)
Lindsay Hoyle (Speaker)
(1 debate interactions)
John Slinger (Labour)
(1 debate interactions)