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Torsten Bell vs Priti Patel

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


Voting alignment

Torsten Bell and Priti Patel voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 237 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 235 different votes 237 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
24 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 36 shared votes
11 Aye 25 No
37 Aye 26 No
Tax 0% aligned 63 shared votes
26 Aye 37 No
15 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 No
17 Aye 6 No
Housing 0% aligned 23 shared votes
6 Aye 17 No
20 Aye 0 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
0 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 26 No
Tax 0% aligned 63 shared votes
26 Aye 37 No
15 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 No
17 Aye 6 No
Housing 0% aligned 23 shared votes
6 Aye 17 No
20 Aye 0 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
0 Aye 20 No
12 Aye 1 No
Benefits 0% aligned 13 shared votes
1 Aye 12 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
61.8 %
11 % below average
Rank 562 of 648
376
526 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,429
2,312 eligible divisions
211
56.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
644
45.1 % of votes cast
165
43.9 % of votes cast
No votes
785
54.9 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
14
1.0 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

73
+12.3 vs Commons average
Rank 176 of 648
Appearances
58
-2.7 vs Commons average
Rank 255 of 648
408
+298.7 vs Commons average
Rank 19 of 648
Contributions
78
-31.3 vs Commons average
Rank 314 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
£2,462,741
all imported IPSA years
£152,220
33 % below average
Latest expenses
£244,429
8 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
15
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
189 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
6 of 6 votes
#2
Housing
51 of 66 votes
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
#3
Trade
67 of 88 votes
Energy
15 of 17 votes
#4
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
Housing
26 of 31 votes
#5
Tax
215 of 318 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API