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Torsten Bell vs Alan Mak

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


Voting alignment

Torsten Bell and Alan Mak voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 319 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 316 different votes 319 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
2 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
25 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 41 shared votes
15 Aye 26 No
45 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 78 shared votes
33 Aye 45 No
26 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
3 Aye 26 No
17 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
45 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 78 shared votes
33 Aye 45 No
26 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
3 Aye 26 No
17 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
17 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 24 shared votes
7 Aye 17 No
13 Aye 4 No
Benefits 0% aligned 17 shared votes
4 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

71.7%
1% below average
Rank 387 of 649
Participation
85.3%
13% above average
Rank 87 of 649
423
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,027
2,376 eligible divisions
229
54.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
960
47.4% of votes cast
194
45.9% of votes cast
No votes
1,067
52.6% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

66
-17.7 vs Commons average
Rank 343 of 649
Appearances
24
-59.7 vs Commons average
Rank 581 of 649
188
+42.1 vs Commons average
Rank 149 of 649
Contributions
27
-118.9 vs Commons average
Rank 590 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£152,220
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,951,902
all imported IPSA years
£152,220
33% below average
Latest expenses
£292,278
29% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
24
7 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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

Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
205 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
#3
Trade
84 of 91 votes
Energy
18 of 20 votes
#4
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#5
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API