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Torsten Bell

Labour Sitting MP

MP for Swansea West · in Parliament since 4 July 2024

Government Parliamentary Secretary (HM Treasury) · HM Treasury

Government Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions) · Department for Work and Pensions

Parliamentary office

House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA

Email: torsten.bell.mp@parliament.uk

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Parliamentary participation snapshot

Voting participation
71.8%
453 of 631 divisions
Committee attendance
–
no published attendance
Debate contributions
809
in the 7 year window
Written questions
9
in the 7 year window
Committee memberships
0
current

Biography

Torsten Bell is the Labour MP for Swansea West, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024. He currently holds the Government posts of Parliamentary Secretary (HM Treasury), and Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions).

Parliamentary service

ConstituencyFromToNotes
Swansea West4 July 2024PresentElected 1 time

Party affiliations

PartyFromTo
Labour4 July 2024Present

Voting participation

Participation rate
71.8%
Eligible divisions
631
Divisions voted
453

371st of 650 current MPs · all MPs average 71.4% · Labour average 75.4%

Participation by year

Torsten Bell voting participation by yearPercentage of eligible Commons divisions voted in, per calendar year0%25%50%75%100%2024202520262024: 94.5%94.5%2025: 64.3%64.3%2026: 75.0%75.0%
YearEligible divisionsVotedParticipation
2026236177 75.0%
2025322207 64.3%
20247369 94.5%

By Parliament

ParliamentEligible divisionsVotedParticipation
59th631453 71.8%

Participation counts aye, no or teller votes in Commons divisions held while the MP sat. Absence has many legitimate causes (pairing, illness, parental leave, ministerial or Speaker duties).

Parliamentary activity

Debate contributions
809
Written questions
9
Oral questions
4
Early day motions
0
Bills sponsored
0
Petitions presented
0
Committee meetings attended
0

joint 614th of 650 current MPs (3 tied) · all MPs average 489 · Labour average 363

Written questions per year
Torsten Bell: Written questions per yearNumber of Written questions recorded per calendar year0358102024: 8820242025: 1120252026: 002026
Oral questions per year
Torsten Bell: Oral questions per yearNumber of Oral questions recorded per calendar year0.01.32.53.85.02024: 4420242025: 0020252026: 002026

Annual breakdown

YearDebate contributionsDebates participatedWritten questionsOral questionsEDMsBills sponsoredPetitions
2026 193 42 0 0 0 0 0
2025 594 68 1 0 0 0 0
2024 22 17 8 4 0 0 0

Committee memberships

Not currently a member of any committee.

No data for this measure.

1 bill committee served on

Hansard activity

Contributions
809
spoken contributions
Debates participated in
127
distinct debates

141st of 650 current MPs · all MPs average 552 · Labour average 425

Contributions per year
Torsten Bell: debate contributions per yearSpoken contributions recorded in Hansard per calendar year02505007501,0002024: 222220242025: 59459420252026: 1931932026
Debates participated in per year
Torsten Bell: debates participated in per yearDistinct debates the MP contributed to, per calendar year02550751002024: 171720242025: 686820252026: 42422026

Counts come from the Hansard record for the Commons and Westminster Hall within the dataset window. Individual contributions and topic analysis are not yet part of the dataset; search Hansard for the full record.

Parliamentary timeline

Generated from seat, party, role and committee records.

  1. 2024

    • – Became MP for Swansea West
    • – Joined Labour

  2. 2025

    • – Appointed: Parliamentary Secretary (HM Treasury)
    • – Appointed: Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)

Constituency: Swansea West

Swansea West constituency boundary
Area
31.2 km²
Latest election
2024 General Election (4 July 2024)
Result
Lab Hold · majority 8,515
Electorate
74,236 · turnout 48.0%
Postcode areas
SA1, SA2, SA3, SA5, SA6, SA99

Statistics cover 7 November 2019 to 7 November 2026. Source: UK Parliament Members, Committees, Commons Votes, Hansard, Questions and Bills APIs, via the UK Politics Decoded dataset. View this MP’s raw JSON.