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Mr Toby Perkins vs Alan Gemmell

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

Photograph of Mr Toby Perkins
Mr Toby Perkins
Lab Chesterfield
vs
Photograph of Alan Gemmell
Alan Gemmell
Lab Central Ayrshire

Voting alignment

Mr Toby Perkins and Alan Gemmell voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 354 shared comparable votes.

353 same votes 1 different votes 354 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
33 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 63 shared votes
33 Aye 30 No
19 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
19 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
19 Aye 10 No
11 Aye 13 No
Defence 100% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 No
15 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 21 shared votes
15 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 97% aligned 36 shared votes
21 Aye 15 No
33 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 63 shared votes
33 Aye 30 No
19 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
19 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
19 Aye 10 No
11 Aye 13 No
Defence 100% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

73.4 %
1 % above average
Rank 351 of 649
Participation
80.3 %
8 % above average
Rank 195 of 649
1,731
2,359 eligible divisions
Total votes
460
573 eligible divisions
957
55.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
241
52.4 % of votes cast
774
44.7 % of votes cast
No votes
219
47.6 % of votes cast
7
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

78
+1.0 vs Commons average
Rank 245 of 649
Appearances
44
-33.0 vs Commons average
Rank 468 of 649
138
+1.3 vs Commons average
Rank 197 of 649
Contributions
52
-84.7 vs Commons average
Rank 495 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,954,096
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£170,626
all imported IPSA years
£306,578
36 % above average
Latest expenses
£170,626
25 % below average
4
1 registered category
Registered interests
10
4 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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

Defence
65 of 71 votes
#1
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#2
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Migration
143 of 171 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
22 of 24 votes
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 43 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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