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Dame Harriett Baldwin vs Torsten Bell

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

Photograph of Dame Harriett Baldwin
Dame Harriett Baldwin
Con West Worcestershire
vs
Photograph of Torsten Bell
Torsten Bell
Lab Swansea West

Voting alignment

Dame Harriett Baldwin and Torsten Bell voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 305 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 301 different votes 305 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
5 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
1 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 14 No
Benefits 10% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
33 Aye 41 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
41 Aye 33 No
12 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 35 shared votes
23 Aye 12 No
11 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 41 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
41 Aye 33 No
12 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 35 shared votes
23 Aye 12 No
11 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No
2 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
25 Aye 2 No
7 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

81.6%
9% above average
Rank 170 of 649
Participation
71.5%
1% below average
Rank 392 of 649
1,933
2,368 eligible divisions
Total votes
416
582 eligible divisions
911
47.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
227
54.6% of votes cast
1,022
52.9% of votes cast
No votes
189
45.4% of votes cast
17
0.9% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

105
+25.9 vs Commons average
Rank 142 of 649
Appearances
67
-12.1 vs Commons average
Rank 317 of 649
135
-2.6 vs Commons average
Rank 213 of 649
Contributions
268
+130.4 vs Commons average
Rank 64 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,496,334
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£152,220
all imported IPSA years
£247,722
10% above average
Latest expenses
£152,220
33% below average
11
5 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
4
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
207 of 211 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Defence
66 of 71 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#3
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
Migration
149 of 171 votes
#4
Energy
18 of 20 votes
Trade
76 of 91 votes
#5
Trade
6 of 7 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
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