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Chris Bloore vs Mr Toby Perkins

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

Photograph of Chris Bloore
Chris Bloore
Lab Redditch
vs
Photograph of Mr Toby Perkins
Mr Toby Perkins
Lab Chesterfield

Voting alignment

Chris Bloore and Mr Toby Perkins voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 364 shared comparable votes.

360 same votes 4 different votes 364 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
23 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 52 shared votes
23 Aye 29 No
20 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
9 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 No
8 Aye 17 No
Transport 100% aligned 25 shared votes
8 Aye 17 No
10 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 8 No
Benefits 91% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
18 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 98% aligned 40 shared votes
17 Aye 23 No
23 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 52 shared votes
23 Aye 29 No
20 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
9 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

71.9%
same as average
Rank 383 of 650
Participation
73.3%
1% above average
Rank 344 of 650
454
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,772
2,417 eligible divisions
220
48.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
976
55.1% of votes cast
234
51.5% of votes cast
No votes
796
44.9% of votes cast
2
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

112
+17.5 vs Commons average
Rank 172 of 650
Appearances
109
+14.5 vs Commons average
Rank 187 of 650
127
-37.5 vs Commons average
Rank 304 of 650
Contributions
167
+2.5 vs Commons average
Rank 207 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£167,691
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,954,096
all imported IPSA years
£167,691
26% below average
Latest expenses
£306,578
36% above average
2
2 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

Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#1
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Migration
12 of 13 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
41 of 49 votes
Energy
18 of 20 votes
#3
Migration
143 of 171 votes
Trade
9 of 10 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
176 of 212 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 10 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Aye rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No rebel
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API