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Torsten Bell vs Sir John Hayes

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


Voting alignment

Torsten Bell and Sir John Hayes voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 324 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 318 different votes 324 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 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 15% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
14 Aye 3 No
Benefits 6% aligned 17 shared votes
2 Aye 15 No
24 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 41 shared votes
16 Aye 25 No
45 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
27 Aye 45 No
17 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
45 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
27 Aye 45 No
17 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
24 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
3 Aye 24 No
17 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 24 shared votes
7 Aye 17 No
7 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 15 shared votes
8 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
81.9%
9% above average
Rank 160 of 649
423
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,945
2,376 eligible divisions
229
54.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
919
47.2% of votes cast
194
45.9% of votes cast
No votes
1,026
52.8% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
25
1.3% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

65
-17.2 vs Commons average
Rank 342 of 649
Appearances
112
+29.8 vs Commons average
Rank 132 of 649
187
+43.7 vs Commons average
Rank 148 of 649
Contributions
227
+83.7 vs Commons average
Rank 100 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
£2,932,645
all imported IPSA years
£152,220
33% below average
Latest expenses
£280,368
24% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
202 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Energy
18 of 20 votes
#4
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#5
Trade
78 of 91 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API