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Torsten Bell vs Claire Coutinho

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


Voting alignment

Torsten Bell and Claire Coutinho voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 226 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 221 different votes 226 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 5 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
1 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
22 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 37 shared votes
14 Aye 23 No
27 Aye 18 No
Tax 0% aligned 45 shared votes
18 Aye 27 No
8 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 18 No
Tax 0% aligned 45 shared votes
18 Aye 27 No
8 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 No
12 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 14 shared votes
2 Aye 12 No
5 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 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
75.9%
3% above average
Rank 288 of 649
423
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,259
1,658 eligible divisions
229
54.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
651
51.7% of votes cast
194
45.9% of votes cast
No votes
608
48.3% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.4% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

65
-17.3 vs Commons average
Rank 340 of 649
Appearances
53
-29.3 vs Commons average
Rank 429 of 649
187
+43.5 vs Commons average
Rank 148 of 649
Contributions
108
-35.5 vs Commons average
Rank 315 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
£989,828
all imported IPSA years
£152,220
33% below average
Latest expenses
£192,253
15% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
58 of 63 votes
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
#3
Trade
46 of 53 votes
Energy
18 of 20 votes
#4
Migration
133 of 154 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
38 of 44 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API