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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.

Photograph of Torsten Bell
Torsten Bell
Lab Swansea West
vs
Photograph of Priti Patel
Priti Patel
Con Witham

Voting alignment

Torsten Bell and Priti Patel voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 257 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 254 different votes 257 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
1 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
24 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 36 shared votes
11 Aye 25 No
37 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 65 shared votes
28 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
Most different by topic
37 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 65 shared votes
28 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
22 Aye 0 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
0 Aye 22 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%
same as average
Rank 382 of 649
Participation
61.7%
10% below average
Rank 548 of 649
416
582 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,462
2,368 eligible divisions
227
54.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
665
45.5% of votes cast
189
45.4% of votes cast
No votes
797
54.5% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
14
1.0% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

67
-13.0 vs Commons average
Rank 321 of 649
Appearances
66
-14.0 vs Commons average
Rank 328 of 649
268
+128.6 vs Commons average
Rank 65 of 649
Contributions
93
-46.4 vs Commons average
Rank 349 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
£2,462,741
all imported IPSA years
£152,220
33% below average
Latest expenses
£244,429
8% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
14
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
12
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
189 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#2
Housing
51 of 66 votes
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
#3
Trade
70 of 91 votes
Energy
18 of 20 votes
#4
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#5
Tax
217 of 322 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API