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Matthew Patrick vs Mr Toby Perkins

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


Voting alignment

Matthew Patrick and Mr Toby Perkins voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 400 shared comparable votes.

390 same votes 10 different votes 400 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
43 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 77 shared votes
43 Aye 34 No
19 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
18 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 14 No
Defence 100% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 No
11 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 98% aligned 43 shared votes
24 Aye 19 No
43 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 77 shared votes
43 Aye 34 No
19 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
18 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 14 No
Defence 100% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

81.9%
10% above average
Rank 153 of 650
Participation
73.3%
1% above average
Rank 343 of 650
520
635 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,774
2,421 eligible divisions
254
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
978
55.1% of votes cast
266
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
796
44.9% of votes cast
9
1.7% 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

41
-55.1 vs Commons average
Rank 535 of 650
Appearances
110
+13.9 vs Commons average
Rank 191 of 650
109
-58.2 vs Commons average
Rank 361 of 650
Contributions
168
+0.8 vs Commons average
Rank 209 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£174,976
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,954,096
all imported IPSA years
£174,976
23% below average
Latest expenses
£306,578
36% above average
0
0 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

Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#1
Defence
65 of 71 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
41 of 49 votes
Work / Employment
41 of 42 votes
#3
Migration
143 of 171 votes
Trade
9 of 10 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
176 of 212 votes
Education
44 of 50 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API