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Wera Hobhouse vs Torsten Bell

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


Voting alignment

Wera Hobhouse and Torsten Bell voted the same way 25% of the time, based on 258 shared comparable votes.

65 same votes 193 different votes 258 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 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 86% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 71% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
12 Aye 0 No
Energy 67% aligned 12 shared votes
8 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 6 No
Housing 62% aligned 13 shared votes
8 Aye 5 No
0 Aye 3 No
Migration 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
9 Aye 15 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
1 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 1 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
27 Aye 36 No
Tax 5% aligned 63 shared votes
39 Aye 24 No
4 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 11% aligned 19 shared votes
17 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

73.3%
1% above average
Rank 353 of 649
Participation
71.7%
1% below average
Rank 387 of 649
1,554
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
423
590 eligible divisions
844
54.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
229
54.1% of votes cast
710
45.7% of votes cast
No votes
194
45.9% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

147
+63.4 vs Commons average
Rank 72 of 650
Appearances
66
-17.6 vs Commons average
Rank 343 of 650
209
+63.3 vs Commons average
Rank 128 of 650
Contributions
188
+42.3 vs Commons average
Rank 149 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,835,401
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£152,220
all imported IPSA years
£306,189
35% above average
Latest expenses
£152,220
33% below average
7
5 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
12
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

#1
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Brexit / EU
170 of 188 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#3
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
Defence
60 of 71 votes
#4
Energy
18 of 20 votes
Trade
70 of 87 votes
#5
Trade
6 of 7 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