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Nick Timothy vs Torsten Bell

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

Photograph of Nick Timothy
Nick Timothy
Con West Suffolk
vs
Photograph of Torsten Bell
Torsten Bell
Lab Swansea West

Voting alignment

Nick Timothy and Torsten Bell voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 282 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 278 different votes 282 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
3 Aye 15 No
Benefits 11% aligned 18 shared votes
13 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No
13 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 37 shared votes
23 Aye 14 No
30 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 60 shared votes
30 Aye 30 No
3 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
26 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 60 shared votes
30 Aye 30 No
3 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
26 Aye 3 No
9 Aye 15 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 11 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
11 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

69.1%
4% below average
Rank 450 of 649
Participation
71.5%
1% below average
Rank 392 of 649
402
582 eligible divisions
Total votes
416
582 eligible divisions
193
48.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
227
54.6% of votes cast
209
52.0% of votes cast
No votes
189
45.4% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

80
0.0 vs Commons average
Rank 249 of 649
Appearances
67
-13.0 vs Commons average
Rank 321 of 649
106
-33.4 vs Commons average
Rank 304 of 649
Contributions
268
+128.6 vs Commons average
Rank 65 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£199,214
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£152,220
all imported IPSA years
£199,214
12% below average
Latest expenses
£152,220
33% below average
21
5 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

Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#3
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
Energy
16 of 20 votes
#4
Energy
18 of 20 votes
Environment / Climate
7 of 9 votes
#5
Trade
6 of 7 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
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
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
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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