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Torsten Bell vs Mike Martin

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


Voting alignment

Torsten Bell and Mike Martin voted the same way 23% of the time, based on 250 shared comparable votes.

58 same votes 192 different votes 250 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
5 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 73% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 3 No
Energy 70% aligned 10 shared votes
10 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 50% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
1 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 40% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 29% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 6 No
Transport 0% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 1 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
16 Aye 13 No
Education 3% aligned 29 shared votes
14 Aye 15 No
34 Aye 23 No
Tax 5% aligned 57 shared votes
26 Aye 31 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
58.0%
15% below average
Rank 586 of 649
423
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
342
590 eligible divisions
229
54.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
191
55.8% of votes cast
194
45.9% of votes cast
No votes
151
44.2% 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

70
-14.8 vs Commons average
Rank 326 of 650
Appearances
114
+29.2 vs Commons average
Rank 135 of 650
197
+49.3 vs Commons average
Rank 145 of 650
Contributions
150
+2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 211 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£152,220
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£164,314
all imported IPSA years
£152,220
33% below average
Latest expenses
£164,314
27% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
41
5 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#2
Education
42 of 50 votes
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
#3
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
Energy
18 of 20 votes
#4
Housing
26 of 32 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API