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Peter Fortune vs Torsten Bell

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


Voting alignment

Peter Fortune and Torsten Bell voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 315 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 309 different votes 315 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 0 No
NHS / Health 33% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 16 No
Benefits 9% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 37 shared votes
24 Aye 13 No
27 Aye 46 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
46 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 46 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
46 Aye 27 No
3 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
26 Aye 3 No
11 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 11 No
Housing 0% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

72.2%
same as average
Rank 375 of 649
Participation
71.7%
1% below average
Rank 387 of 649
426
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
423
590 eligible divisions
188
44.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
229
54.1% of votes cast
238
55.9% of votes cast
No votes
194
45.9% of votes cast
2
0.5% 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

121
+39.2 vs Commons average
Rank 107 of 649
Appearances
65
-16.8 vs Commons average
Rank 338 of 649
145
+2.5 vs Commons average
Rank 206 of 649
Contributions
187
+44.5 vs Commons average
Rank 145 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£180,830
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£152,220
all imported IPSA years
£180,830
20% below average
Latest expenses
£152,220
33% below average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
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
4 of 4 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#3
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#4
Energy
18 of 20 votes
Crime / Justice
50 of 62 votes
#5
Trade
6 of 7 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API