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Torsten Bell vs Dr Ellie Chowns

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

Photograph of Torsten Bell
Torsten Bell
Lab Swansea West
vs
Photograph of Dr Ellie Chowns
Dr Ellie Chowns
Green North Herefordshire

Voting alignment

Torsten Bell and Dr Ellie Chowns voted the same way 66% of the time, based on 336 shared comparable votes.

222 same votes 114 different votes 336 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
2 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
24 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 96% aligned 27 shared votes
23 Aye 4 No
9 Aye 5 No
Energy 93% aligned 14 shared votes
10 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 88% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
32 Aye 21 No
Tax 79% aligned 53 shared votes
31 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 0 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 4 shared votes
0 Aye 4 No
1 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 40% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
27 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 41% aligned 41 shared votes
21 Aye 20 No
2 Aye 2 No
Trade 50% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
6 Aye 8 No
Defence 57% aligned 14 shared votes
10 Aye 4 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
80.0%
7% above average
Rank 197 of 649
423
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
472
590 eligible divisions
229
54.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
264
55.9% of votes cast
194
45.9% of votes cast
No votes
208
44.1% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

66
-17.7 vs Commons average
Rank 343 of 649
Appearances
232
+148.3 vs Commons average
Rank 11 of 649
188
+42.1 vs Commons average
Rank 149 of 649
Contributions
347
+201.1 vs Commons average
Rank 48 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
£176,497
all imported IPSA years
£152,220
33% below average
Latest expenses
£176,497
22% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
4 of 4 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#2
Housing
31 of 32 votes
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Energy
18 of 20 votes
#4
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
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