Torsten Bell
Parliamentary Secretary (HM Treasury)
MP since 4 Jul 2024
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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).
410
Votes Cast
£152,220
Expenses 2024-25
8,515
Majority
41.4%
Vote Share
Expenses (2024-25)
£152,220
Election Result(2024 General Election)
Turnout: 35,657 voters
Parliamentary Activity
Counts in the current Parliament
(since 4 July 2024)
9
Written Questions
4
Oral Questions
102
Debates Spoken In⚑
530
Speeches⚑
410
Divisions Voted
⚑Debates and speeches are sourced from Hansard contributions. The Hansard backfill is still in progress — counts will grow over the next few days as historic days are ingested.
Voting Record
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1 AYE1 NOImmigration and Asylum Bill
2 votes · 13 Jul 2026
Immigration and Asylum Bill
2 votes · 13 Jul 2026
3 NOTaxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee
3 votes · 1 Jul 2026
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee
3 votes · 1 Jul 2026
4 NOArmed Forces Bill Report Stage
4 votes · 22 Jun 2026
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage
4 votes · 22 Jun 2026
Financial Interests(3)
Visits outside the UK
Franco-British Colloque Ltd
£929
Visits outside the UK
Franco-British Colloque Ltd
- 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
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources
The Random House Group Ltd
£447.65 travel expenses for literary festivals
11 February 2025
£448
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources
The Random House Group Ltd
£447.65 travel expenses for literary festivals
11 February 2025
- Name of donor
- The Random House Group Ltd
- Address of donor
- One Embassy Gardens, 8 Viaduct Gardens, London SW11 7BW
- Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind
- £447.65 travel expenses for literary festivals
- Date received
- 11 February 2025
- Date accepted
- 11 February 2025
- Donor status
- company, registration 00954009
Registered 6 March 2025
Employment and earnings
Employment and earnings
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Employment and earnings
Employment and earnings
- Role, work or services
- Paperback publication
- Payer
- Robert Caskie (Agent), private address
Registered 1 April 2025
Activity Pulse
Questions asked and motions sponsored by Torsten in Parliament
Cryptoassets: Capital Gains Tax
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an estimate of the revenue accrued from capital gains tax on the sale of crypto-assets in the last financial year.
Cryptoassets: Capital Gains Tax
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many tax-payers were paying capital gains tax on crypto-assets in each of the last five financial years; what the size of the gains made was; and how much r
Jobseeker's Allowance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to her Department’s statistics on the ONS Nomis database on Jobseekers Allowance on-flows by occupation and age, what assessment she
Insolvency: Assets
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 20 November to Question 13792 on Insolvency: Assets, what information (a) HM Land Registry and (b
High Rise Flats: Fire Prevention
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 2 December 2024 to Question 16634 on high rise building remediation taken on by the FSCS, how much and what proportion of the costs co
High Rise Flats: Fire Prevention
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate the Financial Services Compensation Scheme has made of the costs (a) of high rise building remediation work taken on by the FSCS and (b) to each i
Insolvency: Assets
To ask the Solicitor General, pursuant to the Answer of 25 October to Question 9653 on Insolvency: Assets, in addition to the registered freehold titles that the Bona Vacantia Division is dealing with
Insolvency: Assets
To ask the Solicitor General, how many registered freehold titles in England and Wales are vested in the Crown as bona vacantia as a consequence of companies being dissolved through (a) striking off b
High Rise Flats: Fire Prevention
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the remedial work on buildings with (a) faulty cladding systems and (b)
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