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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 278 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 275 different votes 278 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 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
29 Aye 37 No
25 Aye 0 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
0 Aye 25 No
17 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 24 shared votes
7 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
29 Aye 37 No
25 Aye 0 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
0 Aye 25 No
17 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 24 shared votes
7 Aye 17 No
15 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 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

71.4%
1% below average
Rank 395 of 650
Participation
61.8%
11% below average
Rank 557 of 650
442
619 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,487
2,405 eligible divisions
236
53.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
679
45.7% of votes cast
206
46.6% of votes cast
No votes
808
54.3% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
14
0.9% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

78
-10.8 vs Commons average
Rank 301 of 650
Appearances
70
-18.8 vs Commons average
Rank 342 of 650
210
+55.4 vs Commons average
Rank 140 of 650
Contributions
96
-58.6 vs Commons average
Rank 369 of 650

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
12
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 212 votes
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
#2
Trade
73 of 94 votes
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
#3
Housing
52 of 67 votes
Energy
18 of 20 votes
#4
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
Trade
9 of 10 votes
#5
Tax
218 of 324 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
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
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Voting source Commons Votes API