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Jim McMahon vs Torsten Bell

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


Voting alignment

Jim McMahon and Torsten Bell voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 375 shared comparable votes.

364 same votes 11 different votes 375 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
42 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 76 shared votes
42 Aye 34 No
25 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 37 shared votes
25 Aye 12 No
18 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
18 Aye 13 No
14 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No
19 Aye 7 No
Housing 100% aligned 26 shared votes
19 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
42 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 76 shared votes
42 Aye 34 No
25 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 37 shared votes
25 Aye 12 No
18 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
18 Aye 13 No
14 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No
19 Aye 7 No
Housing 100% aligned 26 shared votes
19 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

71.6%
1% below average
Rank 391 of 650
Participation
71.9%
same as average
Rank 382 of 650
1,735
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
457
636 eligible divisions
970
55.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
246
53.8% of votes cast
765
44.1% of votes cast
No votes
211
46.2% of votes cast
11
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
10 years, 11 months
Since 3 Dec 2015
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

106
+9.0 vs Commons average
Rank 210 of 650
Appearances
82
-15.0 vs Commons average
Rank 312 of 650
387
+217.8 vs Commons average
Rank 45 of 650
Contributions
238
+68.8 vs Commons average
Rank 131 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,972,637
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£152,220
all imported IPSA years
£264,252
17% above average
Latest expenses
£152,220
33% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
3
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

Foreign Affairs
76 of 82 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Education
80 of 96 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Housing
56 of 68 votes
#3
Benefits
30 of 32 votes
Migration
139 of 171 votes
#4
Energy
18 of 20 votes
Brexit / EU
170 of 212 votes
#5
Trade
9 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API