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Torsten Bell vs Sir Edward Leigh

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

Photograph of Torsten Bell
Torsten Bell
Lab Swansea West
vs
Photograph of Sir Edward Leigh
Sir Edward Leigh
Con Gainsborough

Voting alignment

Torsten Bell and Sir Edward Leigh voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 249 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 245 different votes 249 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
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
12 Aye 7 No
Benefits 5% aligned 19 shared votes
6 Aye 13 No
20 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 35 shared votes
14 Aye 21 No
43 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
24 Aye 43 No
8 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
43 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
24 Aye 43 No
8 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
14 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 17 shared votes
3 Aye 14 No
8 Aye 6 No
Energy 0% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 13 shared votes
8 Aye 5 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 400 of 650
Participation
75.1 %
2 % above average
Rank 311 of 650
403
565 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,765
2,351 eligible divisions
220
54.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
833
47.2 % of votes cast
183
45.4 % of votes cast
No votes
932
52.8 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
22
1.2 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
43 years, 1 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

75
+3.0 vs Commons average
Rank 225 of 650
Appearances
163
+91.0 vs Commons average
Rank 29 of 650
339
+211.0 vs Commons average
Rank 39 of 650
Contributions
182
+54.0 vs Commons average
Rank 124 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
£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
£152,220
33 % below average
Latest expenses
£216,835
4 % below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
10 of 10 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
#3
Energy
56 of 70 votes
Energy
18 of 20 votes
#4
Tax
256 of 321 votes
Housing
26 of 31 votes
#5
Migration
134 of 169 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API