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Sir Iain Duncan Smith vs Torsten Bell
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Sir Iain Duncan Smith and Torsten Bell voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 269 shared comparable votes.
4 same votes
265 different votes
269 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
81.6 %
8 % above average
Participation
71.1 %
2 % below average
1,895
2,323 eligible divisions
Total votes
382
537 eligible divisions
865
45.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
211
55.2 % of votes cast
1,030
54.4 % of votes cast
No votes
171
44.8 % of votes cast
41
2.2 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
34 years, 2 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Debates
83
+19.3 vs Commons average
Appearances
72
+8.3 vs Commons average
149
+35.2 vs Commons average
Contributions
333
+219.2 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£152,220
all imported IPSA years
£265,254
17 % above average
Latest expenses
£152,220
33 % below average
11
3 registered categories
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API