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Paul Holmes vs Torsten Bell

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


Voting alignment

Paul Holmes and Torsten Bell voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 276 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 270 different votes 276 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
5 Aye 11 No
Benefits 13% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
15 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 40 shared votes
24 Aye 16 No
27 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 64 shared votes
37 Aye 27 No
2 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
21 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 64 shared votes
37 Aye 27 No
2 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
21 Aye 2 No
8 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 5 No
Housing 0% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 7 No
Energy 0% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

85.0%
12% above average
Rank 93 of 649
Participation
71.7%
1% below average
Rank 387 of 649
1,410
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
423
590 eligible divisions
702
49.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
229
54.1% of votes cast
708
50.2% of votes cast
No votes
194
45.9% of votes cast
5
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

112
+29.7 vs Commons average
Rank 129 of 649
Appearances
65
-17.3 vs Commons average
Rank 340 of 649
385
+241.5 vs Commons average
Rank 39 of 649
Contributions
187
+43.5 vs Commons average
Rank 148 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,091,272
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£152,220
all imported IPSA years
£234,722
4% above average
Latest expenses
£152,220
33% below average
4
3 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

Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#3
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#4
Energy
18 of 20 votes
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 44 votes
#5
Trade
6 of 7 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API