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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 274 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 271 different votes 274 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
6 Aye 14 No
Benefits 10% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
31 Aye 41 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
41 Aye 31 No
12 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 35 shared votes
23 Aye 12 No
11 Aye 15 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
15 Aye 11 No
2 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
23 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 41 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
41 Aye 31 No
12 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 35 shared votes
23 Aye 12 No
11 Aye 15 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
15 Aye 11 No
2 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
23 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

81.7 %
9 % above average
Rank 173 of 647
Participation
71.6 %
2 % below average
Rank 397 of 647
1,891
2,315 eligible divisions
Total votes
379
529 eligible divisions
888
47.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
211
55.7 % of votes cast
1,003
53.0 % of votes cast
No votes
168
44.3 % of votes cast
17
0.9 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

84
+22.0 vs Commons average
Rank 131 of 647
Appearances
73
+11.0 vs Commons average
Rank 178 of 647
95
-16.3 vs Commons average
Rank 247 of 647
Contributions
408
+296.7 vs Commons average
Rank 19 of 647

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
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
207 of 211 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Defence
55 of 59 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
6 of 6 votes
Migration
148 of 169 votes
#3
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
#4
Energy
15 of 17 votes
Tax
265 of 318 votes
#5
Housing
26 of 31 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
No
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
Where they voted the same
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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