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Matt Bishop vs Mr Toby Perkins

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


Voting alignment

Matt Bishop and Mr Toby Perkins voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 245 shared comparable votes.

244 same votes 1 different votes 245 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
27 Aye 25 No
Tax 100% aligned 52 shared votes
27 Aye 25 No
9 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
5 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 18 shared votes
5 Aye 13 No
11 Aye 6 No
Education 100% aligned 17 shared votes
11 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 14 shared votes
3 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 97% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
27 Aye 25 No
Tax 100% aligned 52 shared votes
27 Aye 25 No
9 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
5 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 18 shared votes
5 Aye 13 No
11 Aye 6 No
Education 100% aligned 17 shared votes
11 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

52.9%
20% below average
Rank 615 of 649
Participation
73.4%
1% above average
Rank 347 of 649
312
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,745
2,376 eligible divisions
145
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
962
55.1% of votes cast
167
53.5% of votes cast
No votes
783
44.9% of votes cast
1
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

34
-50.8 vs Commons average
Rank 536 of 650
Appearances
104
+19.2 vs Commons average
Rank 159 of 650
45
-102.7 vs Commons average
Rank 532 of 650
Contributions
161
+13.3 vs Commons average
Rank 188 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£157,583
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,954,096
all imported IPSA years
£157,583
30% below average
Latest expenses
£306,578
36% above average
6
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
1 registered category
0
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

Tax
77 of 112 votes
#1
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Energy
13 of 20 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 14 votes
#3
Migration
143 of 171 votes
Digital / Online Safety
7 of 11 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
7 of 11 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 47 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API