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Torsten Bell vs Mr Mark Francois

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


Voting alignment

Torsten Bell and Mr Mark Francois voted the same way 0% of the time, based on 236 shared comparable votes.

1 same votes 235 different votes 236 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 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
32 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 59 shared votes
27 Aye 32 No
16 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
13 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No
10 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 59 shared votes
27 Aye 32 No
16 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
13 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No
10 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
7 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 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
67.8%
5% below average
Rank 466 of 649
423
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,611
2,376 eligible divisions
229
54.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
749
46.5% of votes cast
194
45.9% of votes cast
No votes
862
53.5% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
36
2.2% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

66
-17.7 vs Commons average
Rank 343 of 649
Appearances
129
+45.3 vs Commons average
Rank 99 of 649
188
+42.1 vs Commons average
Rank 149 of 649
Contributions
366
+220.1 vs Commons average
Rank 43 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
£2,057,296
all imported IPSA years
£152,220
33% below average
Latest expenses
£242,339
7% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
202 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
#3
Trade
72 of 91 votes
Energy
18 of 20 votes
#4
Housing
53 of 67 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#5
Defence
53 of 71 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API