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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 341 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 337 different votes 341 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
31 Aye 42 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
42 Aye 31 No
3 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
29 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 42 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
42 Aye 31 No
3 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
29 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
10 Aye 5 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

89.9%
17% above average
Rank 21 of 650
Participation
71.4%
1% below average
Rank 395 of 650
2,161
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
442
619 eligible divisions
1,030
47.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
236
53.4% of votes cast
1,131
52.3% of votes cast
No votes
206
46.6% of votes cast
2
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

84
-4.8 vs Commons average
Rank 267 of 650
Appearances
78
-10.8 vs Commons average
Rank 301 of 650
133
-21.6 vs Commons average
Rank 259 of 650
Contributions
210
+55.4 vs Commons average
Rank 140 of 650

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
210 of 212 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Environment / Climate
47 of 49 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Migration
164 of 171 votes
#3
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
Democracy / Parliament
45 of 47 votes
#4
Energy
18 of 20 votes
Foreign Affairs
78 of 82 votes
#5
Trade
9 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

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