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Torsten Bell vs Bob Blackman

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


Voting alignment

Torsten Bell and Bob Blackman voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 317 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 312 different votes 317 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
1 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 33% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
14 Aye 6 No
Benefits 10% aligned 20 shared votes
4 Aye 16 No
3 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
24 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 40 shared votes
15 Aye 25 No
47 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 78 shared votes
31 Aye 47 No
Most different by topic
47 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 78 shared votes
31 Aye 47 No
17 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
21 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
3 Aye 21 No
7 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 5 No
Housing 0% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

71.7%
1% below average
Rank 387 of 649
Participation
87.7%
15% above average
Rank 50 of 649
423
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,084
2,376 eligible divisions
229
54.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
979
47.0% of votes cast
194
45.9% of votes cast
No votes
1,105
53.0% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

65
-16.8 vs Commons average
Rank 338 of 649
Appearances
149
+67.2 vs Commons average
Rank 69 of 649
187
+44.5 vs Commons average
Rank 145 of 649
Contributions
176
+33.5 vs Commons average
Rank 160 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£152,220
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
£152,220
33% below average
Latest expenses
£312,612
38% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
10
6 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
Brexit / EU
211 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
#3
Trade
87 of 91 votes
Energy
18 of 20 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
55 of 60 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API