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Sir James Cleverly vs Torsten Bell

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

Photograph of Sir James Cleverly
Sir James Cleverly
Con Braintree
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Photograph of Torsten Bell
Torsten Bell
Lab Swansea West

Voting alignment

Sir James Cleverly and Torsten Bell voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 292 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 290 different votes 292 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
6 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 10 shared votes
2 Aye 8 No
31 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 68 shared votes
37 Aye 31 No
11 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 29 shared votes
18 Aye 11 No
1 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
23 Aye 1 No
6 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 23 shared votes
17 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 68 shared votes
37 Aye 31 No
11 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 29 shared votes
18 Aye 11 No
1 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
23 Aye 1 No
6 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 23 shared votes
17 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 12 No
Benefits 0% aligned 16 shared votes
12 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

69.9%
2% below average
Rank 426 of 650
Participation
71.4%
1% below average
Rank 395 of 650
1,681
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
442
619 eligible divisions
791
47.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
236
53.4% of votes cast
890
52.9% of votes cast
No votes
206
46.6% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

49
-39.8 vs Commons average
Rank 477 of 650
Appearances
78
-10.8 vs Commons average
Rank 301 of 650
94
-60.6 vs Commons average
Rank 381 of 650
Contributions
210
+55.4 vs Commons average
Rank 140 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,020,933
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£152,220
all imported IPSA years
£266,795
18% above average
Latest expenses
£152,220
33% below average
5
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
192 of 212 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Transport
80 of 96 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Trade
76 of 94 votes
#3
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 82 votes
#4
Energy
18 of 20 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 49 votes
#5
Trade
9 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
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