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Torsten Bell vs Mr Will Forster

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


Voting alignment

Torsten Bell and Mr Will Forster voted the same way 21% of the time, based on 304 shared comparable votes.

65 same votes 239 different votes 304 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 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 80% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
8 Aye 2 No
Energy 80% aligned 10 shared votes
10 Aye 0 No
5 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 71% aligned 7 shared votes
7 Aye 0 No
13 Aye 7 No
Housing 40% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 No
2 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 1 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 7 shared votes
1 Aye 6 No
1 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
1 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
16 Aye 11 No
Education 4% aligned 27 shared votes
12 Aye 15 No
41 Aye 27 No
Tax 4% aligned 68 shared votes
30 Aye 38 No

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

Voting record

71.3%
1% below average
Rank 402 of 650
Participation
75.0%
2% above average
Rank 315 of 650
424
595 eligible divisions
Total votes
446
595 eligible divisions
230
54.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
238
53.4% of votes cast
194
45.8% of votes cast
No votes
208
46.6% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.9% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

73
-12.2 vs Commons average
Rank 310 of 650
Appearances
185
+99.8 vs Commons average
Rank 29 of 650
205
+56.4 vs Commons average
Rank 135 of 650
Contributions
229
+80.4 vs Commons average
Rank 113 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
£153,282
all imported IPSA years
£152,220
33% below average
Latest expenses
£153,282
32% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
1 registered category
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
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Energy
18 of 20 votes
#4
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#5
Benefits
26 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API