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Torsten Bell vs Esther McVey

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


Voting alignment

Torsten Bell and Esther McVey voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 179 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 175 different votes 179 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
4 Aye 6 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
22 Aye 18 No
Tax 0% aligned 40 shared votes
18 Aye 22 No
21 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
1 Aye 21 No
12 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 19 shared votes
7 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 18 No
Tax 0% aligned 40 shared votes
18 Aye 22 No
21 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
1 Aye 21 No
12 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 19 shared votes
7 Aye 12 No
4 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 13 shared votes
9 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 6 No
Transport 0% aligned 12 shared votes
6 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
64.7%
8% below average
Rank 522 of 649
423
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,373
2,121 eligible divisions
229
54.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
630
45.9% of votes cast
194
45.9% of votes cast
No votes
743
54.1% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
54
3.9% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

65
-17.3 vs Commons average
Rank 340 of 649
Appearances
108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 141 of 649
187
+43.5 vs Commons average
Rank 148 of 649
Contributions
159
+15.5 vs Commons average
Rank 182 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
£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
£152,220
33% below average
Latest expenses
£295,931
31% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 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
62 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
Energy
18 of 20 votes
#4
Trade
68 of 87 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#5
Transport
67 of 88 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API