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Torsten Bell vs Ben Maguire

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


Voting alignment

Torsten Bell and Ben Maguire voted the same way 22% of the time, based on 254 shared comparable votes.

55 same votes 199 different votes 254 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
5 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 73% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 4 No
Energy 60% aligned 10 shared votes
10 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
16 Aye 7 No
Housing 30% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 8 No
Benefits 27% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
1 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 1 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
0 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
17 Aye 10 No
Education 4% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No
25 Aye 27 No
Tax 8% aligned 52 shared votes
31 Aye 21 No

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

Voting record

71.3%
1% below average
Rank 402 of 650
Participation
60.7%
12% below average
Rank 572 of 650
424
595 eligible divisions
Total votes
361
595 eligible divisions
230
54.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
197
54.6% of votes cast
194
45.8% of votes cast
No votes
164
45.4% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

73
-12.2 vs Commons average
Rank 310 of 650
Appearances
99
+13.8 vs Commons average
Rank 189 of 650
205
+56.4 vs Commons average
Rank 135 of 650
Contributions
115
-33.6 vs Commons average
Rank 304 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£152,220
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£178,125
all imported IPSA years
£152,220
33% below average
Latest expenses
£178,125
21% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
6
5 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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

Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#1
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#2
Housing
27 of 32 votes
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
#3
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
Energy
18 of 20 votes
#4
Defence
27 of 34 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 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