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Torsten Bell vs Sir Geoffrey Cox

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


Voting alignment

Torsten Bell and Sir Geoffrey Cox voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 168 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 166 different votes 168 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
1 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
11 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
27 Aye 15 No
Tax 0% aligned 42 shared votes
15 Aye 27 No
14 Aye 4 No
Education 0% aligned 18 shared votes
4 Aye 14 No
7 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 15 No
Tax 0% aligned 42 shared votes
15 Aye 27 No
14 Aye 4 No
Education 0% aligned 18 shared votes
4 Aye 14 No
7 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 No
13 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 14 shared votes
1 Aye 13 No
5 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

71.5%
same as average
Rank 382 of 649
Participation
66.1%
6% below average
Rank 490 of 649
416
582 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,566
2,368 eligible divisions
227
54.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
737
47.1% of votes cast
189
45.4% of votes cast
No votes
829
52.9% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

67
-13.0 vs Commons average
Rank 321 of 649
Appearances
8
-72.0 vs Commons average
Rank 621 of 649
268
+128.6 vs Commons average
Rank 65 of 649
Contributions
13
-126.4 vs Commons average
Rank 615 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
£2,716,834
all imported IPSA years
£152,220
33% below average
Latest expenses
£264,705
17% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
15
3 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
173 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
48 of 60 votes
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
#3
Trade
72 of 91 votes
Energy
18 of 20 votes
#4
Migration
126 of 171 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#5
Defence
52 of 71 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API