Labour Party MP for Swansea West.
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).
Top eight by total divisions voted, this parliament. Volume measures engagement, not direction — see Notable Votes for free-vote moments and rebellions.
Source · The Public Whip · Hansard
Moments where the whip was free, or where Bell broke ranks. Free votes are the truer signal of personal stance.
No rebellions or free votes recorded yet.
Source · Hansard
“The reserve power is necessary to solve the collective action problem in pension investment, but the Government has constrained it with caps, time limits, regulatory assessment req…”
“The government is tackling food bank dependency through child poverty reduction (free school meals, removal of two-child limit) and housing supply via social homes investment and t…”
“Defends the Government's rejection of PHSO compensation recommendation by narrowing the scope to communication failure rather than the pension age decision itself, and emphasises a…”
“Defends the reserve power as necessary to solve a collective action problem in pension investment; has significantly constrained it through amendments to address legitimate concern…”
Bluesky is the only social platform we ingest at the row level. The strip below is computed by classifying each post for substance (vs reposts, social mentions, scheduling) and then by tone (critical / measured / supportive) per target.
| When | Topic | Tone | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21 May | Cost of Living | measured | “Here’s the full list of which activities are covered by the lower rate of VAT👇. It will run from the start of the Scottish summer school holidays (25th June) t…” |
| 21 May | Cost of Living | celebratory | “Inflation fell this week but the Iran war is pushing up prices, not least at the pump. So we're stepping in: 🚗 Extending the 5p fuel duty cut until next year �…” |
| 20 May | Economy & Jobs | celebratory | “Inflation down more than expected. Growth up last week. Borrowing down last year. Investment up. Waiting lists falling. Migration down from record highs. Much m…” |
Bell holds no select-committee seat this session. New 2024-intake MPs typically wait one term before being appointed.
| Department | Qs | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Treasury | 4 | 50.0% |
| Attorney General | 2 | 25.0% |
| Department for Work and Pensions | 1 | 12.5% |
| Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | 1 | 12.5% |
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.
No estimate of the revenue accrued from capital gains tax on the sale of cryptoassets has been made for the last financial year, 2023-24. From the tax year ending 2025, changes will be introduced to the Capital Gains pages of the Self-Asses…read full →
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 revenue the Exchequer has received from capital gains tax levied on the sale of crypto-assets.
Income and gains in relation to cryptoassets are currently reported in the same sections with other incomes and gains on the Self-Assessment return pages, and therefore those amounts are not separately identifiable from the data collected v…read full →
With reference to her Department’s statistics on the ONS Nomis database on Jobseekers Allowance on-flows by occupation and age, what assessment she has made of the potential reason for changes in the number of on-flows to Jobseekers Allowance where the occupation is unknown since June 2024.
There have been some changes to the administrative instructions followed by the department’s Work Coaches around recording occupation at the Initial Work Seach Interview. This has led to the observed change in the levels of unknown occupati…read full →
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) Companies House hold on the number of registered freehold titles excluding those dealt with by the Bona Vacantia division that have (i) apparently vested in the Crown and (ii) not been referred to the Bona Vacantia division by an interested party following dissolution of companies through (A) striking off by the Registrar of Companies and (B) formal liquidation to date.
HM Land Registry does not hold data on the number of registered freehold titles where ownership has passed to the Crown following the dissolution of a company, where the Bona Vacantia Division has not yet been notified.Companies House does …read full →
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Source · Members API · Last amended 24 Feb 2026
| Category | £ | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Staffing | 126,867 | 83.3% |
| Accommodation | 11,140 | 7.3% |
| Office Costs | 6,332 | 4.2% |
| MP Travel | 5,014 | 3.3% |
| Staff Travel | 2,493 | 1.6% |
| Total · 86 claims | 152,220 | 100% |
Source · IPSA · FY 24_25
Nothing tabled for Bell on the published Order Paper this week.
| Year | Constituency | Votes | Share | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Swansea West | 14,761 | 41.4% | Won |
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Torsten BellWON | Lab | 14,761 | 41.4 |
Showing the MP’s own row only. Full result table: see Swansea West →