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Torsten Bell vs Sir Iain Duncan Smith

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


Voting alignment

Torsten Bell and Sir Iain Duncan Smith voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 300 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 295 different votes 300 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 8 No
Benefits 10% aligned 20 shared votes
6 Aye 14 No
21 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 36 shared votes
14 Aye 22 No
44 Aye 23 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
23 Aye 44 No
16 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
44 Aye 23 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
23 Aye 44 No
16 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 No
17 Aye 6 No
Housing 0% aligned 23 shared votes
6 Aye 17 No
22 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
1 Aye 22 No
6 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 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
81.4%
9% above average
Rank 172 of 649
423
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,935
2,376 eligible divisions
229
54.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
887
45.8% of votes cast
194
45.9% of votes cast
No votes
1,048
54.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.1% 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
96
+13.7 vs Commons average
Rank 186 of 649
187
+43.5 vs Commons average
Rank 148 of 649
Contributions
167
+23.5 vs Commons average
Rank 170 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
£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
£152,220
33% below average
Latest expenses
£265,254
17% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
208 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
#3
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Energy
18 of 20 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
198 of 230 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API