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Richard Foord vs Torsten Bell

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


Voting alignment

Richard Foord and Torsten Bell voted the same way 21% of the time, based on 248 shared comparable votes.

52 same votes 196 different votes 248 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
8 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 73% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
10 Aye 0 No
Energy 60% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
8 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 56% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 13 No
Housing 30% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 20% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
1 Aye 2 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
9 Aye 11 No
Education 5% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
3 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 6% aligned 18 shared votes
16 Aye 2 No
25 Aye 28 No
Tax 6% aligned 53 shared votes
31 Aye 22 No
14 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 9% aligned 33 shared votes
20 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

60.9%
12% below average
Rank 566 of 650
Participation
71.5%
1% below average
Rank 393 of 650
669
1,098 eligible divisions
Total votes
430
601 eligible divisions
361
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
234
54.4% of votes cast
308
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
196
45.6% of votes cast
4
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
4 years, 3 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

248
+162.5 vs Commons average
Rank 10 of 650
Appearances
74
-11.5 vs Commons average
Rank 307 of 650
271
+122.0 vs Commons average
Rank 80 of 650
Contributions
206
+57.0 vs Commons average
Rank 134 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£772,982
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£152,220
all imported IPSA years
£302,531
34% above average
Latest expenses
£152,220
33% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
6
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
25 of 30 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Housing
34 of 44 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 17 votes
#3
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
Migration
74 of 97 votes
#4
Energy
18 of 20 votes
Environment / Climate
16 of 21 votes
#5
Trade
9 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API