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Gregory Stafford vs Torsten Bell

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

Photograph of Gregory Stafford
Gregory Stafford
Con Farnham and Bordon
vs
Photograph of Torsten Bell
Torsten Bell
Lab Swansea West

Voting alignment

Gregory Stafford and Torsten Bell voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 266 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 261 different votes 266 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
4 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 12 No
Benefits 13% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
14 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 36 shared votes
21 Aye 15 No
26 Aye 40 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
40 Aye 26 No
11 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 40 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
40 Aye 26 No
11 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No
3 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 21 shared votes
18 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 6 No
Transport 0% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

76.9 %
4 % above average
Rank 276 of 647
Participation
71.1 %
2 % below average
Rank 411 of 647
413
537 eligible divisions
Total votes
382
537 eligible divisions
188
45.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
211
55.2 % of votes cast
225
54.5 % of votes cast
No votes
171
44.8 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

110
+46.3 vs Commons average
Rank 76 of 647
Appearances
72
+8.3 vs Commons average
Rank 192 of 647
186
+72.2 vs Commons average
Rank 94 of 647
Contributions
333
+219.2 vs Commons average
Rank 32 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£192,386
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£152,220
all imported IPSA years
£192,386
15 % below average
Latest expenses
£152,220
33 % below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
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

Tax
98 of 108 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Crime / Justice
53 of 61 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
6 of 6 votes
Defence
19 of 22 votes
#3
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
Transport
21 of 25 votes
#4
Energy
15 of 17 votes
Work / Employment
31 of 37 votes
#5
Housing
26 of 31 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
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
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
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API