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Torsten Bell vs Rushanara Ali

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


Voting alignment

Torsten Bell and Rushanara Ali voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 396 shared comparable votes.

384 same votes 12 different votes 396 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
55 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 85 shared votes
55 Aye 30 No
27 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 43 shared votes
27 Aye 16 No
20 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 32 shared votes
20 Aye 12 No
15 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
19 Aye 9 No
Housing 100% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
55 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 85 shared votes
55 Aye 30 No
27 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 43 shared votes
27 Aye 16 No
20 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 32 shared votes
20 Aye 12 No
15 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
19 Aye 9 No
Housing 100% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

71.9%
same as average
Rank 382 of 650
Participation
76.6%
4% above average
Rank 270 of 650
457
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,855
2,422 eligible divisions
246
53.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,047
56.4% of votes cast
211
46.2% of votes cast
No votes
808
43.6% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
20
1.1% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

82
-15.0 vs Commons average
Rank 312 of 650
Appearances
48
-49.0 vs Commons average
Rank 507 of 650
238
+68.8 vs Commons average
Rank 131 of 650
Contributions
45
-124.2 vs Commons average
Rank 563 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
£2,943,041
all imported IPSA years
£152,220
33% below average
Latest expenses
£325,502
44% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 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
Foreign Affairs
79 of 82 votes
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
45 of 49 votes
Benefits
30 of 32 votes
#3
Trade
83 of 94 votes
Energy
18 of 20 votes
#4
Housing
60 of 68 votes
Trade
9 of 10 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
187 of 212 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Where they voted the same
No
No
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API