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Mark Pritchard vs Torsten Bell

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


Voting alignment

Mark Pritchard and Torsten Bell voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 234 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 229 different votes 234 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 5 No
Benefits 30% aligned 10 shared votes
2 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 18% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
29 Aye 44 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
44 Aye 29 No
11 Aye 15 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
15 Aye 11 No
0 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 16 shared votes
16 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 44 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
44 Aye 29 No
11 Aye 15 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
15 Aye 11 No
0 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 16 shared votes
16 Aye 0 No
7 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 8 No
Energy 0% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

64.7%
8% below average
Rank 523 of 649
Participation
71.7%
1% below average
Rank 387 of 649
1,538
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
423
590 eligible divisions
732
47.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
229
54.1% of votes cast
806
52.4% of votes cast
No votes
194
45.9% of votes cast
16
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

184
+101.7 vs Commons average
Rank 25 of 649
Appearances
65
-17.3 vs Commons average
Rank 340 of 649
222
+78.5 vs Commons average
Rank 108 of 649
Contributions
187
+43.5 vs Commons average
Rank 148 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,150,580
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£152,220
all imported IPSA years
£174,182
23% below average
Latest expenses
£152,220
33% below average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
2
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
198 of 211 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Migration
136 of 171 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#3
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 votes
#4
Energy
18 of 20 votes
Foreign Affairs
51 of 69 votes
#5
Trade
6 of 7 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API