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Torsten Bell vs Helen Whately
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Torsten Bell and Helen Whately voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 327 shared comparable votes.
5 same votes
322 different votes
327 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
71.8%
1% below average
Participation
83.4%
11% above average
453
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,015
2,417 eligible divisions
244
53.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
964
47.8% of votes cast
209
46.1% of votes cast
No votes
1,051
52.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Debates
79
-15.5 vs Commons average
Appearances
52
-42.5 vs Commons average
224
+59.5 vs Commons average
Contributions
74
-90.5 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£152,220
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£152,220
33% below average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Aye
No
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API