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Torsten Bell vs Sir Christopher Chope

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 Sir Christopher Chope
Sir Christopher Chope
Con Christchurch

Voting alignment

Torsten Bell and Sir Christopher Chope voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 186 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 184 different votes 186 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
2 Aye 3 No
Trade 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
43 Aye 20 No
Tax 0% aligned 63 shared votes
20 Aye 43 No
15 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No
11 Aye 3 No
Benefits 0% aligned 14 shared votes
3 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
43 Aye 20 No
Tax 0% aligned 63 shared votes
20 Aye 43 No
15 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No
11 Aye 3 No
Benefits 0% aligned 14 shared votes
3 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 3 No
Energy 0% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 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
59.2%
12% below average
Rank 565 of 649
416
582 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,402
2,368 eligible divisions
227
54.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
596
42.5% of votes cast
189
45.4% of votes cast
No votes
806
57.5% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
73
5.2% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
43 years, 2 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

67
-13.0 vs Commons average
Rank 321 of 649
Appearances
45
-35.0 vs Commons average
Rank 466 of 649
268
+128.6 vs Commons average
Rank 65 of 649
Contributions
40
-99.4 vs Commons average
Rank 535 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
£2,114,098
all imported IPSA years
£152,220
33% below average
Latest expenses
£249,241
10% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
304
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
192 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
#3
Migration
133 of 171 votes
Energy
18 of 20 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#5
Tax
220 of 322 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 23 Feb 2026
Trade
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API