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Torsten Bell

Labour Swansea West

Voting record

6
Voted for
0
Voted against
3
Didn’t vote

Based on 9 recorded Commons divisions at Second or Third Reading of bills tracked by Hear, Hear — not a full voting record. “Didn’t vote” means Parliament has no vote recorded for them in that division (absent, abstained, paired, or excused). See the All votes tab below for every division.

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Every Commons division on file for Torsten Bell — amendments, motions and opposition-day votes as well as bills. Took part in 423 of 590 (72%).

8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 Ayes 162, Noes 297 No
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 Ayes 106, Noes 302 No
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 Ayes 108, Noes 357 No
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 Ayes 79, Noes 300 No
7 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 Ayes 170, Noes 316 No
7 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 Ayes 77, Noes 317 No
23 Jun 2026 Opposition Day: Puberty blockers Ayes 112, Noes 283 No
23 Jun 2026 Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness Ayes 108, Noes 307 No
22 Jun 2026 Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 Ayes 171, Noes 322 No
22 Jun 2026 Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 Ayes 74, Noes 323 No
22 Jun 2026 Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 Ayes 104, Noes 391 No
22 Jun 2026 Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 Ayes 164, Noes 311 No
10 Jun 2026 Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 Ayes 155, Noes 279 No
10 Jun 2026 Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 Ayes 167, Noes 266 No
10 Jun 2026 Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1 Ayes 77, Noes 271 No
20 May 2026 King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) Ayes 104, Noes 316 No
20 May 2026 King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) Ayes 78, Noes 408 No
20 May 2026 King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) Ayes 104, Noes 317 No
19 May 2026 King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) Ayes 108, Noes 323 No
28 Apr 2026 Privilege Ayes 223, Noes 335 No
18 Mar 2026 Opposition day: Student loans Ayes 88, Noes 266 No
18 Mar 2026 Opposition day: Fuel duty Ayes 103, Noes 259 No
27 Jan 2026 Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 1 Ayes 88, Noes 310 No
27 Jan 2026 Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 2 Ayes 61, Noes 311 No
27 Jan 2026 Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 9 Ayes 91, Noes 378 No
13 Jan 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 25 Ayes 187, Noes 351 No
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Covers 9 Mar 2016 to 11 Sep 2026 — Parliament’s votes data doesn’t go back further. “No vote recorded” is Parliament’s own list of members with nothing recorded for that division: it can mean absent, deliberately abstaining, paired, or excused, and the data doesn’t say which. Click a division title for Parliament’s own page for it.

Government & opposition roles

Torsten Bell currently holds 2 government or shadow front-bench posts. See Government for who else currently holds one.

Currently holds
Parliamentary Secretary (HM Treasury) — HM Treasury — since 2025-01-14 Government
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions) — Department for Work and Pensions — since 2025-01-14 Government

Declared financial interests

From Parliament’s Register of Members’ Financial Interests — Parliament’s official register for Torsten Bell →. Topic tags below are our own automated, best-effort keyword match, not Parliament’s classification.

1. Employment and earnings

Role, work or services: Paperback publication
Payer: Robert Caskie (Agent), private address
(Registered 1 April 2025)

4. Visits outside the UK

Name of donor: Franco-British Colloque Ltd
Address of donor: Station House, Station Approach, East Horsley, Surrey, KT24 6QX
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Food and accomodation (€1,000) and transfers (€68) while attending the Franco-British Colloque 2026 in Versailles, value £929
Destination of visit: France
Dates of visit: 15 January 2026 to 17 January 2026
Purpose of visit: Franco-British Colloque 2026
(Registered 14 February 2026)

Written questions to government

No written questions on file for Torsten Bell yet — this only covers what Hear, Hear has fetched so far (see Written questions), not necessarily every question Torsten Bell has ever tabled.

Business costs (IPSA)

£170,748.33 paid out to or for Torsten Bell across 138 claims — combining every financial year on file, not just the current one — covering office costs, accommodation, travel, and bought-in/temporary staffing. This does not include Torsten Bell’s permanent staff’s salaries — typically the biggest single share of an MP’s real costs — which IPSA only publishes once a year, after the year closes, as one aggregate figure, never as individual claims. Some categories (especially travel) are reported by IPSA as one whole-year total rather than itemised by date — marked “Aggregated” below. See MP expenses to filter this to a single year.

By category
Staffing — £126,866.84 (2 claims)
Office Costs — £18,151.36 (105 claims)
Accommodation — £17,848.17 (24 claims)
MP Travel — £5,014.21 (2 claims)
Staff Travel — £2,493.20 (3 claims)
Dependant Travel — £374.55 (2 claims)
Most recent claims
Stationery & printing — £686.41, 2026-03-27 — Banner March 2026
Stationery & printing — £558.68, 2026-03-27 — Banner March 2026
Stationery & printing — £686.41, 2026-03-27 — Banner March 2026
Stationery & printing — £686.41, 2026-03-27 — Banner March 2026
Utilities — £171.02, 2026-03-18 — Electricity
Venue hire, meetings & surgeries — £60.00, 2026-03-17 — [200013613-11795]
Venue hire, meetings & surgeries — £84.00, 2026-03-09 — [200013613-3299]
Venue hire, meetings & surgeries — £51.80, 2026-02-20

Every claim on file for Torsten Bell →

Early Day Motions

No Early Day Motions on file as tabled by Torsten Bell — this only covers motions tabled within Hear, Hear’s current tracking window (see Early Day Motions), not necessarily Torsten Bell’s full record.

All-Party Parliamentary Groups

Torsten Bell isn’t listed as an officer of any All-Party Parliamentary Group on file — true of most MPs. See APPGs for the full register.

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