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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 350 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 344 different votes 350 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
51 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 79 shared votes
28 Aye 51 No
27 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
3 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
51 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 79 shared votes
28 Aye 51 No
27 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
3 Aye 27 No
17 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
17 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 24 shared votes
7 Aye 17 No
9 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

71.8%
1% below average
Rank 386 of 650
Participation
81.8%
9% above average
Rank 155 of 650
453
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,977
2,417 eligible divisions
244
53.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
933
47.2% of votes cast
209
46.1% of votes cast
No votes
1,044
52.8% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
25
1.3% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 6 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

76
-18.0 vs Commons average
Rank 331 of 650
Appearances
138
+44.0 vs Commons average
Rank 109 of 650
210
+46.2 vs Commons average
Rank 157 of 650
Contributions
265
+101.2 vs Commons average
Rank 102 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
£2,932,645
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
203 of 212 votes
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
76 of 82 votes
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
45 of 49 votes
Energy
18 of 20 votes
#4
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Trade
9 of 10 votes
#5
Trade
81 of 94 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API