Torsten Bell
Torsten Bell | |
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Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Pensions | |
| Assumed office 14 January 2025 | |
| Prime Minister | Keir Starmer |
| Preceded by | Emma Reynolds |
| Parliamentary Secretary for the Treasury | |
| Assumed office 14 January 2025 | |
| Prime Minister | Keir Starmer |
| Preceded by | Emma Reynolds |
| Member of Parliament for Swansea West | |
| Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Geraint Davies |
| Majority | 8,515 (23.9%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Torsten Henricson Bell September 1982 (age 42) Greenwich, London, England |
| Citizenship | United Kingdom |
| Political party | Labour |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Mansfield College, Oxford |
| Known for | Chief Executive of the Resolution Foundation (2015–2024) |
Torsten Henricson Bell (born September 1982) is a Labour politician, economist, author, and newspaper columnist, serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for Swansea West since 2024. He was appointed as Parliamentary Secretary for the Treasury and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Pensions in January 2025.
Previously he was the chief executive of the Resolution Foundation, an economic thinktank, from 2015 to 2024.
He was appointed to the Resolution Foundation in 2015 after having served as Ed Miliband's Director of policy, and as a Treasury civil servant who became special adviser to Alistair Darling during the 2008 financial crisis.