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Torsten Bell vs Helen Grant

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


Voting alignment

Torsten Bell and Helen Grant voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 239 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 234 different votes 239 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 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
14 Aye 6 No
Benefits 10% aligned 20 shared votes
4 Aye 16 No
20 Aye 6 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 26 shared votes
5 Aye 21 No
39 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 64 shared votes
25 Aye 39 No
16 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
39 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 64 shared votes
25 Aye 39 No
16 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No
15 Aye 0 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 15 shared votes
0 Aye 15 No
5 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 4 No
Energy 0% aligned 10 shared votes
4 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
73.7%
1% above average
Rank 340 of 649
423
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,751
2,376 eligible divisions
229
54.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
826
47.2% of votes cast
194
45.9% of votes cast
No votes
925
52.8% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

65
-17.3 vs Commons average
Rank 340 of 649
Appearances
16
-66.3 vs Commons average
Rank 605 of 649
187
+43.5 vs Commons average
Rank 148 of 649
Contributions
27
-116.5 vs Commons average
Rank 587 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
£2,650,269
all imported IPSA years
£152,220
33% below average
Latest expenses
£276,159
22% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
6 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
204 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#2
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
54 of 60 votes
Energy
18 of 20 votes
#4
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 71 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API