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Torsten Bell vs Dave Doogan

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


Voting alignment

Torsten Bell and Dave Doogan voted the same way 41% of the time, based on 135 shared comparable votes.

55 same votes 80 different votes 135 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
3 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
17 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 84% aligned 19 shared votes
14 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 70% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 1 No
Transport 60% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 3 No
Migration 57% aligned 7 shared votes
1 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
0 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
31 Aye 18 No
Tax 16% aligned 49 shared votes
24 Aye 25 No
5 Aye 3 No
Energy 25% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 25% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 12 No
Benefits 33% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 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
48.2%
24% below average
Rank 624 of 649
423
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
799
1,658 eligible divisions
229
54.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
433
54.2% of votes cast
194
45.9% of votes cast
No votes
366
45.8% 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
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

66
-17.7 vs Commons average
Rank 343 of 649
Appearances
92
+8.3 vs Commons average
Rank 207 of 649
188
+42.1 vs Commons average
Rank 149 of 649
Contributions
156
+10.1 vs Commons average
Rank 194 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
£1,355,209
all imported IPSA years
£152,220
33% below average
Latest expenses
£322,192
42% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
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

Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#1
Trade
47 of 53 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
53 of 63 votes
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 41 votes
Energy
18 of 20 votes
#4
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#5
Migration
121 of 154 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API