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Torsten Bell vs Steve Barclay

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


Voting alignment

Torsten Bell and Steve Barclay voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 260 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 256 different votes 260 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 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
20 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 31 shared votes
9 Aye 22 No
38 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
29 Aye 38 No
23 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
2 Aye 23 No
9 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
29 Aye 38 No
23 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
2 Aye 23 No
9 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 4 No
Benefits 0% aligned 14 shared votes
4 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 6 No
Housing 0% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 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
71.5%
1% below average
Rank 394 of 649
423
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,699
2,376 eligible divisions
229
54.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
811
47.7% of votes cast
194
45.9% of votes cast
No votes
888
52.3% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

65
-17.3 vs Commons average
Rank 340 of 649
Appearances
83
+0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 243 of 649
187
+43.5 vs Commons average
Rank 148 of 649
Contributions
123
-20.5 vs Commons average
Rank 259 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
£2,422,084
all imported IPSA years
£152,220
33% below average
Latest expenses
£231,894
3% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
4 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
192 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Energy
18 of 20 votes
#4
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
173 of 230 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API