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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.


Voting alignment

Torsten Bell and Sir Christopher Chope voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 177 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 175 different votes 177 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
0 Aye 3 No
Trade 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 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
7 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 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

71.1 %
2 % below average
Rank 411 of 647
Participation
59.7 %
13 % below average
Rank 583 of 647
382
537 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,386
2,323 eligible divisions
211
55.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
588
42.4 % of votes cast
171
44.8 % of votes cast
No votes
798
57.6 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
72
5.2 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

72
+8.4 vs Commons average
Rank 191 of 647
Appearances
30
-33.6 vs Commons average
Rank 508 of 647
333
+219.4 vs Commons average
Rank 32 of 647
Contributions
46
-67.6 vs Commons average
Rank 483 of 647

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
266
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
192 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
6 of 6 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
#3
Migration
132 of 169 votes
Energy
15 of 17 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
Housing
26 of 31 votes
#5
Tax
220 of 318 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API