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Bill Esterson vs Mr Toby Perkins

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Bill Esterson and Mr Toby Perkins voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,460 shared comparable votes.

1,455 same votes 5 different votes 1,460 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
115 Aye 66 No
Tax 100% aligned 181 shared votes
115 Aye 66 No
36 Aye 81 No
Migration 100% aligned 117 shared votes
36 Aye 81 No
31 Aye 29 No
Defence 100% aligned 60 shared votes
31 Aye 29 No
29 Aye 27 No
Transport 100% aligned 56 shared votes
29 Aye 27 No
30 Aye 23 No
Benefits 100% aligned 53 shared votes
30 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 44 shared votes
32 Aye 12 No
28 Aye 34 No
Trade 98% aligned 62 shared votes
29 Aye 33 No
64 Aye 70 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 134 shared votes
63 Aye 71 No
105 Aye 55 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 160 shared votes
106 Aye 54 No
115 Aye 66 No
Tax 100% aligned 181 shared votes
115 Aye 66 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

71.0%
2% below average
Rank 407 of 649
Participation
73.4%
1% above average
Rank 347 of 649
1,687
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,745
2,376 eligible divisions
943
55.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
962
55.1% of votes cast
744
44.1% of votes cast
No votes
783
44.9% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

56
-27.7 vs Commons average
Rank 419 of 649
Appearances
103
+19.3 vs Commons average
Rank 161 of 649
79
-66.9 vs Commons average
Rank 412 of 649
Contributions
160
+14.1 vs Commons average
Rank 187 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£3,003,108
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,954,096
all imported IPSA years
£282,481
25% above average
Latest expenses
£306,578
36% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
#1
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Defence
61 of 71 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#3
Migration
143 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
63 of 77 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 47 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API