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Mr Paul Foster vs Torsten Bell

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


Voting alignment

Mr Paul Foster and Torsten Bell voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 391 shared comparable votes.

383 same votes 8 different votes 391 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
49 Aye 25 No
Tax 100% aligned 74 shared votes
49 Aye 25 No
29 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 42 shared votes
29 Aye 13 No
29 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
29 Aye 3 No
19 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
19 Aye 12 No
14 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
49 Aye 25 No
Tax 100% aligned 74 shared votes
49 Aye 25 No
29 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 42 shared votes
29 Aye 13 No
29 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
29 Aye 3 No
19 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
19 Aye 12 No
14 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

82.2%
10% above average
Rank 148 of 650
Participation
71.9%
same as average
Rank 387 of 650
523
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
457
636 eligible divisions
263
50.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
246
53.8% of votes cast
260
49.7% of votes cast
No votes
211
46.2% of votes cast
8
1.5% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

53
-43.1 vs Commons average
Rank 474 of 650
Appearances
82
-14.1 vs Commons average
Rank 308 of 650
92
-75.2 vs Commons average
Rank 414 of 650
Contributions
238
+70.8 vs Commons average
Rank 129 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£194,848
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£152,220
all imported IPSA years
£194,848
14% below average
Latest expenses
£152,220
33% below average
13
5 registered categories
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

Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Energy
18 of 20 votes
Transport
31 of 32 votes
#5
Trade
9 of 10 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API