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Torsten Bell vs Mr Toby Perkins

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


Voting alignment

Torsten Bell and Mr Toby Perkins voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 376 shared comparable votes.

374 same votes 2 different votes 376 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
41 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 72 shared votes
41 Aye 31 No
20 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
15 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
17 Aye 8 No
Housing 100% aligned 25 shared votes
17 Aye 8 No
19 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 21 shared votes
19 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 98% aligned 41 shared votes
25 Aye 16 No
41 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 72 shared votes
41 Aye 31 No
20 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
15 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
17 Aye 8 No
Housing 100% aligned 25 shared votes
17 Aye 8 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

71.8%
1% below average
Rank 386 of 650
Participation
73.3%
1% above average
Rank 344 of 650
453
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,772
2,417 eligible divisions
244
53.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
976
55.1% of votes cast
209
46.1% of votes cast
No votes
796
44.9% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

79
-15.5 vs Commons average
Rank 318 of 650
Appearances
109
+14.5 vs Commons average
Rank 187 of 650
224
+59.5 vs Commons average
Rank 138 of 650
Contributions
167
+2.5 vs Commons average
Rank 207 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
£2,954,096
all imported IPSA years
£152,220
33% below average
Latest expenses
£306,578
36% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
1 registered category
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
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
41 of 49 votes
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
#3
Migration
143 of 171 votes
Energy
18 of 20 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
176 of 212 votes
Trade
9 of 10 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 47 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API