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Mike Wood vs Torsten Bell

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


Voting alignment

Mike Wood and Torsten Bell voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 312 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 306 different votes 312 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
3 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 33% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 16 No
Benefits 9% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
16 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 41 shared votes
24 Aye 17 No
32 Aye 39 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
39 Aye 32 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 39 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
39 Aye 32 No
10 Aye 17 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
17 Aye 10 No
7 Aye 14 No
Housing 0% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 6 No
Transport 0% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

86.2%
14% above average
Rank 72 of 649
Participation
71.7%
1% below average
Rank 387 of 649
2,049
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
423
590 eligible divisions
986
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
229
54.1% of votes cast
1,063
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
194
45.9% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

109
+27.2 vs Commons average
Rank 135 of 649
Appearances
65
-16.8 vs Commons average
Rank 338 of 649
143
+0.5 vs Commons average
Rank 208 of 649
Contributions
187
+44.5 vs Commons average
Rank 145 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,040,385
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£152,220
all imported IPSA years
£275,907
22% above average
Latest expenses
£152,220
33% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
5
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

Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Migration
162 of 171 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#3
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
Trade
84 of 91 votes
#4
Energy
18 of 20 votes
Housing
61 of 67 votes
#5
Trade
6 of 7 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API