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Torsten Bell vs Dr Allison Gardner

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


Voting alignment

Torsten Bell and Dr Allison Gardner voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 398 shared comparable votes.

386 same votes 12 different votes 398 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
46 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 79 shared votes
46 Aye 33 No
28 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 45 shared votes
28 Aye 17 No
19 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
19 Aye 14 No
28 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
28 Aye 3 No
18 Aye 9 No
Housing 100% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
46 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 79 shared votes
46 Aye 33 No
28 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 45 shared votes
28 Aye 17 No
19 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
19 Aye 14 No
28 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
28 Aye 3 No
18 Aye 9 No
Housing 100% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

71.9%
same as average
Rank 382 of 650
Participation
83.5%
11% above average
Rank 120 of 650
457
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
531
636 eligible divisions
246
53.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
259
48.8% of votes cast
211
46.2% of votes cast
No votes
272
51.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
13
2.4% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

82
-15.0 vs Commons average
Rank 312 of 650
Appearances
105
+8.0 vs Commons average
Rank 214 of 650
238
+68.8 vs Commons average
Rank 131 of 650
Contributions
154
-15.2 vs Commons average
Rank 250 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
£200,981
all imported IPSA years
£152,220
33% below average
Latest expenses
£200,981
11% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
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
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Benefits
30 of 32 votes
#3
Defence
33 of 34 votes
Energy
18 of 20 votes
#4
Housing
32 of 33 votes
Trade
9 of 10 votes
#5
Work / Employment
40 of 42 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Where they voted the same
No
No
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API