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Torsten Bell vs Edward Argar

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


Voting alignment

Torsten Bell and Edward Argar voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 323 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 319 different votes 323 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
14 Aye 8 No
Benefits 9% aligned 22 shared votes
6 Aye 16 No
5 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
17 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 33 shared votes
15 Aye 18 No
42 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
30 Aye 42 No
26 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
3 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
42 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
30 Aye 42 No
26 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
3 Aye 26 No
17 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 24 shared votes
7 Aye 17 No
13 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 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
89.9%
17% above average
Rank 20 of 649
423
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,136
2,376 eligible divisions
229
54.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,016
47.6% of votes cast
194
45.9% of votes cast
No votes
1,120
52.4% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

66
-17.7 vs Commons average
Rank 343 of 649
Appearances
83
-0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 251 of 649
188
+42.1 vs Commons average
Rank 149 of 649
Contributions
129
-16.9 vs Commons average
Rank 243 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
£1,201,891
all imported IPSA years
£152,220
33% below average
Latest expenses
£201,413
11% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Brexit / EU
209 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#2
Migration
164 of 171 votes
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
Energy
18 of 20 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
45 of 47 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes

Recent voting overlap

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