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Edward Argar vs Torsten Bell

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

Photograph of Edward Argar
Edward Argar
Con Melton and Syston
vs
Photograph of Torsten Bell
Torsten Bell
Lab Swansea West

Voting alignment

Edward Argar and Torsten Bell voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 321 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 317 different votes 321 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
6 Aye 16 No
Benefits 9% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
15 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 33 shared votes
17 Aye 16 No
30 Aye 42 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
42 Aye 30 No
3 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
26 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 42 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
42 Aye 30 No
3 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
26 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

90.2%
17% above average
Rank 17 of 649
Participation
71.4%
1% below average
Rank 395 of 649
2,134
2,366 eligible divisions
Total votes
414
580 eligible divisions
1,016
47.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
227
54.8% of votes cast
1,118
52.4% of votes cast
No votes
187
45.2% of votes cast
2
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

83
+4.3 vs Commons average
Rank 228 of 649
Appearances
67
-11.7 vs Commons average
Rank 315 of 649
129
-8.1 vs Commons average
Rank 222 of 649
Contributions
268
+130.9 vs Commons average
Rank 64 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,201,891
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£152,220
all imported IPSA years
£201,413
11% below average
Latest expenses
£152,220
33% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
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

Brexit / EU
209 of 211 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Migration
164 of 171 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#3
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
Democracy / Parliament
45 of 47 votes
#4
Energy
18 of 20 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#5
Trade
6 of 7 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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