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Torsten Bell vs Peter Dowd

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


Voting alignment

Torsten Bell and Peter Dowd voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 322 shared comparable votes.

319 same votes 3 different votes 322 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
50 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 86 shared votes
50 Aye 36 No
27 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 29 shared votes
27 Aye 2 No
14 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 No
4 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 20 shared votes
4 Aye 16 No
12 Aye 7 No
Housing 100% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 8 No
Benefits 75% aligned 12 shared votes
3 Aye 9 No
50 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 86 shared votes
50 Aye 36 No
27 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 29 shared votes
27 Aye 2 No
14 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 No
4 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 20 shared votes
4 Aye 16 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
69.3%
3% below average
Rank 436 of 650
453
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,675
2,417 eligible divisions
244
53.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
936
55.9% of votes cast
209
46.1% of votes cast
No votes
739
44.1% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

79
-15.5 vs Commons average
Rank 318 of 650
Appearances
51
-43.5 vs Commons average
Rank 483 of 650
224
+59.4 vs Commons average
Rank 138 of 650
Contributions
41
-123.6 vs Commons average
Rank 566 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
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£152,220
33% below average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
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
63 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
#2
Work / Employment
67 of 80 votes
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 82 votes
Energy
18 of 20 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
40 of 49 votes
Trade
9 of 10 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
172 of 212 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API