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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.

See Torsten Bell’s full voting record on Parliament’s site →

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%).

4 Sep 2026 Motion to sit in private Ayes 1, Noes 79 no vote recorded
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 Ayes 104, Noes 412 no vote recorded
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 Ayes 102, Noes 409 no vote recorded
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 Ayes 93, Noes 323 no vote recorded
7 Jul 2026 Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners Ayes 115, Noes 0 no vote recorded
17 Jun 2026 National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 Ayes 144, Noes 244 no vote recorded
17 Jun 2026 National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 Ayes 135, Noes 258 no vote recorded
17 Jun 2026 National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 Ayes 143, Noes 249 no vote recorded
17 Jun 2026 National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 Ayes 85, Noes 317 no vote recorded
17 Jun 2026 National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion Ayes 233, Noes 94 no vote recorded
15 Jun 2026 Royal Albert Hall Bill [Lords]: Revival Ayes 24, Noes 37 no vote recorded
10 Jun 2026 Railways Bill: Third Reading Ayes 278, Noes 149 no vote recorded
9 Jun 2026 Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 Ayes 356, Noes 86 no vote recorded
9 Jun 2026 Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 Ayes 157, Noes 287 no vote recorded
9 Jun 2026 Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 Ayes 94, Noes 297 no vote recorded
9 Jun 2026 Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 Ayes 90, Noes 290 no vote recorded
2 Jun 2026 Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 Ayes 80, Noes 298 no vote recorded
2 Jun 2026 Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 Ayes 99, Noes 371 no vote recorded
2 Jun 2026 Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 Ayes 170, Noes 301 no vote recorded
2 Jun 2026 Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 Ayes 171, Noes 302 no vote recorded
27 Apr 2026 Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion Ayes 279, Noes 176 no vote recorded
24 Mar 2026 Opposition Day: Defence Ayes 98, Noes 306 no vote recorded
24 Mar 2026 Opposition Day: Oil and gas Ayes 108, Noes 297 no vote recorded
11 Mar 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill: Third Reading Ayes 292, Noes 161 no vote recorded
11 Mar 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 6 Ayes 175, Noes 292 no vote recorded
11 Mar 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 5 Ayes 172, Noes 283 no vote recorded
11 Mar 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 Ayes 174, Noes 292 no vote recorded
28 Jan 2026 Opposition Day: Youth unemployment Ayes 91, Noes 287 no vote recorded
28 Jan 2026 Opposition Day: British Indian Ocean Territory Ayes 103, Noes 284 no vote recorded
20 Jan 2026 Sentencing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 7 Ayes 319, Noes 127 no vote recorded
13 Jan 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 26 Ayes 172, Noes 334 no vote recorded
13 Jan 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 9 Ayes 181, Noes 335 no vote recorded
13 Jan 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: Clause 86 stand part Ayes 344, Noes 173 no vote recorded
10 Dec 2025 Opposition day: Seasonal work Ayes 98, Noes 325 no vote recorded
9 Dec 2025 Railways Bill: Second Reading Ayes 329, Noes 173 no vote recorded
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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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