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Alison McGovern vs Torsten Bell

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

Photograph of Alison McGovern
Alison McGovern
Lab Birkenhead
vs
Photograph of Torsten Bell
Torsten Bell
Lab Swansea West

Voting alignment

Alison McGovern and Torsten Bell voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 292 shared comparable votes.

292 same votes 0 different votes 292 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
40 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 70 shared votes
40 Aye 30 No
18 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
18 Aye 13 No
14 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No
15 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 8 No
Defence 100% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
40 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 70 shared votes
40 Aye 30 No
18 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
18 Aye 13 No
14 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No
15 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 8 No
Defence 100% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

70.0%
3% below average
Rank 432 of 649
Participation
71.7%
1% below average
Rank 387 of 649
1,663
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
423
590 eligible divisions
922
55.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
229
54.1% of votes cast
741
44.6% of votes cast
No votes
194
45.9% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

63
-20.6 vs Commons average
Rank 355 of 650
Appearances
66
-17.6 vs Commons average
Rank 343 of 650
430
+284.3 vs Commons average
Rank 29 of 650
Contributions
188
+42.3 vs Commons average
Rank 149 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,989,850
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£152,220
all imported IPSA years
£303,304
34% above average
Latest expenses
£152,220
33% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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

NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#3
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#4
Energy
18 of 20 votes
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes
#5
Trade
6 of 7 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API