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Torsten Bell vs Christine Jardine

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


Voting alignment

Torsten Bell and Christine Jardine voted the same way 22% of the time, based on 228 shared comparable votes.

51 same votes 177 different votes 228 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 2 No
Housing 75% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 57% aligned 7 shared votes
7 Aye 0 No
5 Aye 4 No
Energy 56% aligned 9 shared votes
9 Aye 0 No
4 Aye 0 No
Work / Employment 50% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
6 Aye 1 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 7 shared votes
1 Aye 6 No
1 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
32 Aye 20 No
Tax 6% aligned 52 shared votes
23 Aye 29 No
17 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 17% aligned 30 shared votes
14 Aye 16 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
66.1%
7% below average
Rank 502 of 650
424
595 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,406
2,126 eligible divisions
230
54.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
784
55.8% of votes cast
194
45.8% of votes cast
No votes
622
44.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

73
-12.2 vs Commons average
Rank 310 of 650
Appearances
155
+69.8 vs Commons average
Rank 67 of 650
205
+56.4 vs Commons average
Rank 135 of 650
Contributions
161
+12.4 vs Commons average
Rank 186 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
£1,941,958
all imported IPSA years
£152,220
33% below average
Latest expenses
£318,822
41% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
6
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
16
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
176 of 188 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 70 votes
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
#3
Migration
136 of 163 votes
Energy
18 of 20 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
36 of 46 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#5
Trade
68 of 87 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