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Jeff Smith vs Mr Toby Perkins

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


Voting alignment

Jeff Smith and Mr Toby Perkins voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,320 shared comparable votes.

1,311 same votes 9 different votes 1,320 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
98 Aye 65 No
Tax 100% aligned 163 shared votes
98 Aye 65 No
27 Aye 92 No
Migration 100% aligned 119 shared votes
27 Aye 92 No
26 Aye 28 No
Defence 100% aligned 54 shared votes
26 Aye 28 No
26 Aye 23 No
Benefits 100% aligned 49 shared votes
26 Aye 23 No
19 Aye 30 No
Transport 100% aligned 49 shared votes
19 Aye 30 No
Most different by topic
75 Aye 34 No
Brexit / EU 97% aligned 109 shared votes
78 Aye 31 No
27 Aye 16 No
Energy 98% aligned 43 shared votes
28 Aye 15 No
68 Aye 62 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 130 shared votes
67 Aye 63 No
98 Aye 65 No
Tax 100% aligned 163 shared votes
98 Aye 65 No
27 Aye 92 No
Migration 100% aligned 119 shared votes
27 Aye 92 No

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

Voting record

79.6%
7% above average
Rank 206 of 650
Participation
73.1%
1% above average
Rank 349 of 650
1,911
2,401 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,756
2,401 eligible divisions
1,036
54.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
964
54.9% of votes cast
875
45.8% of votes cast
No votes
792
45.1% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

54
-33.8 vs Commons average
Rank 439 of 650
Appearances
99
+11.2 vs Commons average
Rank 194 of 650
70
-83.1 vs Commons average
Rank 457 of 650
Contributions
153
-0.1 vs Commons average
Rank 216 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,954,096
all imported IPSA years
£284,126
26% above average
Latest expenses
£306,578
36% above average
4
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

Housing
62 of 67 votes
#1
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
41 of 49 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#3
Migration
143 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
73 of 81 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Record Copies of Act 20 Apr 2016
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API