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Torsten Bell vs Sammy Wilson

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


Voting alignment

Torsten Bell and Sammy Wilson voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 236 shared comparable votes.

16 same votes 220 different votes 236 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
8 Aye 3 No
Housing 55% aligned 11 shared votes
9 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 25% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 5 No
Benefits 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 9 No
Defence 7% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 6 No
Energy 6% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 23 No
Tax 0% aligned 56 shared votes
23 Aye 33 No
8 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 5 No
Transport 0% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 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
62.0%
11% below average
Rank 558 of 649
423
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,472
2,376 eligible divisions
229
54.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
732
49.7% of votes cast
194
45.9% of votes cast
No votes
740
50.3% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
11
0.7% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

65
-17.3 vs Commons average
Rank 340 of 649
Appearances
110
+27.7 vs Commons average
Rank 136 of 649
187
+43.5 vs Commons average
Rank 148 of 649
Contributions
157
+13.5 vs Commons average
Rank 187 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£152,220
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,714,557
all imported IPSA years
£152,220
33% below average
Latest expenses
£250,082
11% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Brexit / EU
195 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
#3
Trade
70 of 91 votes
Energy
18 of 20 votes
#4
Defence
50 of 71 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#5
Energy
47 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

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