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)
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)
Angela Rayner (Labour)
Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government
(3 debate interactions)
Greg Smith (Conservative)
Shadow Parliamentary Under Secretary (Energy Security and Net Zero)
(3 debate interactions)
Stephen Doughty (Labour (Co-op))
Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
(3 debate interactions)
Yvette Cooper (Labour)
Home Secretary
(3 debate interactions)
Jim Shannon (Democratic Unionist Party)
(3 debate interactions)
Georgia Gould (Labour)
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
(2 debate interactions)
Ashley Fox (Conservative)
Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons)
(2 debate interactions)
Jack Rankin (Conservative)
(2 debate interactions)
Daniel Zeichner (Labour)
Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
(2 debate interactions)
Emma Reynolds (Labour)
Economic Secretary (HM Treasury)
(2 debate interactions)
Mike Wood (Conservative)
Opposition Whip (Commons)
(2 debate interactions)
Andrew Western (Labour)
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)
(2 debate interactions)
Kevin Hollinrake (Conservative)
(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)
Phil Brickell (Labour)
(2 debate interactions)
Liz Kendall (Labour)
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
(2 debate interactions)
Jonathan Reynolds (Labour (Co-op))
President of the Board of Trade
(2 debate interactions)
Gregory Stafford (Conservative)
Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons)
(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)
Ben Spencer (Conservative)
Shadow Minister (Science, Innovation and Technology)
(1 debate interactions)
Wendy Chamberlain (Liberal Democrat)
Liberal Democrat Chief Whip
(1 debate interactions)
Judith Cummins (Labour)
(1 debate interactions)
Sarah Olney (Liberal Democrat)
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Cabinet Office)
(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)
Darren Jones (Labour)
Minister of State (Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister)
(1 debate interactions)
Sarah Jones (Labour)
Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
(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)
Chris Law (Scottish National Party)
Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Business)
(1 debate interactions)
Catherine McKinnell (Labour)
Minister of State (Education)
(1 debate interactions)
Neil O'Brien (Conservative)
Shadow Minister (Policy Renewal and Development)
(1 debate interactions)
Alison Hume (Labour)
(1 debate interactions)
Matthew Pennycook (Labour)
Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government)
(1 debate interactions)
Christopher Chope (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
John Milne (Liberal Democrat)
(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)
Bridget Phillipson (Labour)
Minister for Women and Equalities
(1 debate interactions)
Diana Johnson (Labour)
Minister of State (Home Office)
(1 debate interactions)
Jess Phillips (Labour)
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)
(1 debate interactions)
Tom Hayes (Labour)
(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)
Richard Holden (Conservative)
Shadow Secretary of State for Transport
(1 debate interactions)
John Slinger (Labour)
(1 debate interactions)
John Cooper (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)