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Alan Mak vs Torsten Bell

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Alan Mak
Alan Mak
Con Havant
vs
Photograph of Torsten Bell
Torsten Bell
Lab Swansea West

Voting alignment

Alan Mak and Torsten Bell voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 288 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 286 different votes 288 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
15 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 41 shared votes
25 Aye 16 No
31 Aye 45 No
Tax 0% aligned 76 shared votes
45 Aye 31 No
11 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No
3 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
24 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 45 No
Tax 0% aligned 76 shared votes
45 Aye 31 No
11 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No
3 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
24 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 13 No
Benefits 0% aligned 17 shared votes
13 Aye 4 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

86.1 %
13 % above average
Rank 86 of 648
Participation
71.5 %
2 % below average
Rank 406 of 648
1,990
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
376
526 eligible divisions
942
47.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
211
56.1 % of votes cast
1,048
52.7 % of votes cast
No votes
165
43.9 % of votes cast
4
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

12
-48.4 vs Commons average
Rank 611 of 648
Appearances
73
+12.6 vs Commons average
Rank 175 of 648
13
-95.9 vs Commons average
Rank 617 of 648
Contributions
408
+299.1 vs Commons average
Rank 19 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,951,902
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£152,220
all imported IPSA years
£292,278
29 % above average
Latest expenses
£152,220
33 % below average
23
5 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Brexit / EU
205 of 211 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Defence
57 of 59 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
6 of 6 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 45 votes
#3
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
Migration
156 of 169 votes
#4
Energy
15 of 17 votes
Trade
81 of 88 votes
#5
Housing
26 of 31 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to insist on Amendments 439C and 439D and disagree with Lords Amendments 439E and 439F 22 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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