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Torsten Bell vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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


Voting alignment

Torsten Bell and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 287 shared comparable votes.

12 same votes 275 different votes 287 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
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
35 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 64 shared votes
29 Aye 35 No
15 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
15 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
17 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 25 shared votes
8 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 64 shared votes
29 Aye 35 No
15 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
15 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
17 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 25 shared votes
8 Aye 17 No
21 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
3 Aye 21 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
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 418 of 649
423
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
229
54.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
781
46.6% of votes cast
194
45.9% of votes cast
No votes
895
53.4% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

66
-17.6 vs Commons average
Rank 343 of 650
Appearances
60
-23.6 vs Commons average
Rank 381 of 650
188
+42.3 vs Commons average
Rank 149 of 650
Contributions
66
-79.7 vs Commons average
Rank 460 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
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£152,220
33% below average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
17
4 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
197 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Energy
18 of 20 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#5
Defence
54 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API