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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.

Photograph of Torsten Bell
Torsten Bell
Lab Swansea West
vs
Photograph of Alan Mak
Alan Mak
Con Havant

Voting alignment

Torsten Bell and Alan Mak voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 288 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 286 different votes 288 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
25 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 41 shared votes
15 Aye 26 No
45 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 76 shared votes
31 Aye 45 No
16 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No
24 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
3 Aye 24 No
17 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 24 shared votes
7 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
45 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 76 shared votes
31 Aye 45 No
16 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No
24 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
3 Aye 24 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

71.5 %
2 % below average
Rank 406 of 648
Participation
86.1 %
13 % above average
Rank 86 of 648
376
526 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,990
2,312 eligible divisions
211
56.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
942
47.3 % of votes cast
165
43.9 % of votes cast
No votes
1,048
52.7 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

73
+12.3 vs Commons average
Rank 176 of 648
Appearances
12
-48.7 vs Commons average
Rank 611 of 648
408
+298.7 vs Commons average
Rank 19 of 648
Contributions
13
-96.3 vs Commons average
Rank 616 of 648

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
23
5 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

Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
205 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
6 of 6 votes
#2
Defence
57 of 59 votes
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 45 votes
Energy
15 of 17 votes
#4
Migration
156 of 169 votes
Housing
26 of 31 votes
#5
Trade
81 of 88 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
Aye
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
No
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to insist on Amendments 439C and 439D and disagree with Lords Amendments 439E and 439F 22 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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