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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%).

11 Sep 2026 Closure motion Ayes 293, Noes 218 Aye
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
4 Sep 2026 Motion to sit in private Ayes 1, Noes 79 no vote recorded
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading Ayes 411, Noes 102 Aye
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
13 Jul 2026 Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading Ayes 264, Noes 90 Aye
7 Jul 2026 Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners Ayes 115, Noes 0 no vote recorded
24 Jun 2026 Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 Ayes 332, Noes 94 Aye
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
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
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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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