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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 0% of the time, based on 240 shared comparable votes.

1 same votes 239 different votes 240 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
4 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
28 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 65 shared votes
37 Aye 28 No
11 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 29 shared votes
18 Aye 11 No
6 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 23 shared votes
17 Aye 6 No
1 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 21 shared votes
20 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 65 shared votes
37 Aye 28 No
11 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 29 shared votes
18 Aye 11 No
6 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 23 shared votes
17 Aye 6 No
1 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 21 shared votes
20 Aye 1 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

69.8 %
3 % below average
Rank 442 of 648
Participation
71.5 %
2 % below average
Rank 406 of 648
1,613
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
376
526 eligible divisions
753
46.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
211
56.1 % of votes cast
860
53.3 % of votes cast
No votes
165
43.9 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

34
-26.4 vs Commons average
Rank 466 of 648
Appearances
73
+12.6 vs Commons average
Rank 175 of 648
48
-60.9 vs Commons average
Rank 462 of 648
Contributions
408
+299.1 vs Commons average
Rank 19 of 648

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
1
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
191 of 211 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Transport
73 of 87 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
6 of 6 votes
Trade
72 of 88 votes
#3
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
Environment / Climate
34 of 45 votes
#4
Energy
15 of 17 votes
Foreign Affairs
52 of 69 votes
#5
Housing
26 of 31 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
No
Pensions Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88A and 88C and propose amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendment 88B 22 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 26 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 13 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 4 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API