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Torsten Bell vs Sir Bernard Jenkin

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


Voting alignment

Torsten Bell and Sir Bernard Jenkin voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 285 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 279 different votes 285 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 6 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 18% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
16 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 32 shared votes
15 Aye 17 No
40 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
27 Aye 40 No
16 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
40 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
27 Aye 40 No
16 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
17 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 25 shared votes
8 Aye 17 No
12 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 15 shared votes
3 Aye 12 No
7 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 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
79.7%
7% above average
Rank 204 of 649
423
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,893
2,376 eligible divisions
229
54.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
47.4% of votes cast
194
45.9% of votes cast
No votes
996
52.6% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
21
1.1% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

65
-17.3 vs Commons average
Rank 340 of 649
Appearances
126
+43.7 vs Commons average
Rank 102 of 649
187
+43.5 vs Commons average
Rank 148 of 649
Contributions
193
+49.5 vs Commons average
Rank 144 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
£2,529,411
all imported IPSA years
£152,220
33% below average
Latest expenses
£260,047
15% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
5 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
205 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#2
Migration
158 of 171 votes
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
#3
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Energy
18 of 20 votes
#4
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#5
Trade
81 of 91 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API