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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 342 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 336 different votes 342 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
28 Aye 52 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
52 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 52 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
52 Aye 28 No
3 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
29 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 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

73.1%
1% above average
Rank 351 of 650
Participation
71.8%
1% below average
Rank 386 of 650
461
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
453
631 eligible divisions
204
44.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
244
53.9% of votes cast
257
55.7% of votes cast
No votes
209
46.1% of votes cast
2
0.4% 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

138
+43.4 vs Commons average
Rank 111 of 650
Appearances
79
-15.6 vs Commons average
Rank 320 of 650
162
-2.8 vs Commons average
Rank 216 of 650
Contributions
224
+59.2 vs Commons average
Rank 138 of 650

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
17 of 17 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Work / Employment
41 of 42 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Trade
9 of 10 votes
#3
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
#4
Energy
18 of 20 votes
Crime / Justice
53 of 66 votes
#5
Trade
9 of 10 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API