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Mr Toby Perkins vs Barry Gardiner

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


Voting alignment

Mr Toby Perkins and Barry Gardiner voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,361 shared comparable votes.

1,342 same votes 19 different votes 1,361 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
114 Aye 63 No
Tax 100% aligned 177 shared votes
114 Aye 63 No
22 Aye 70 No
Migration 100% aligned 92 shared votes
22 Aye 70 No
31 Aye 36 No
Transport 100% aligned 67 shared votes
31 Aye 36 No
27 Aye 29 No
Defence 100% aligned 56 shared votes
27 Aye 29 No
43 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 55 shared votes
43 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 22 No
Benefits 94% aligned 47 shared votes
24 Aye 23 No
33 Aye 35 No
Trade 97% aligned 68 shared votes
31 Aye 37 No
27 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 44 shared votes
26 Aye 18 No
55 Aye 58 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 113 shared votes
56 Aye 57 No
99 Aye 64 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 163 shared votes
98 Aye 65 No

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

Voting record

73.1%
1% above average
Rank 349 of 650
Participation
66.7%
6% below average
Rank 479 of 650
1,756
2,401 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,601
2,401 eligible divisions
964
54.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
891
55.7% of votes cast
792
45.1% of votes cast
No votes
710
44.3% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
18
1.1% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

100
+12.8 vs Commons average
Rank 186 of 650
Appearances
55
-32.2 vs Commons average
Rank 434 of 650
155
+3.0 vs Commons average
Rank 209 of 650
Contributions
91
-61.0 vs Commons average
Rank 384 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,954,096
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,795,864
all imported IPSA years
£306,578
36% above average
Latest expenses
£268,850
19% above average
5
1 registered category
Registered interests
13
5 registered categories
2
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

Defence
65 of 71 votes
#1
Transport
78 of 95 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 49 votes
#2
Trade
77 of 94 votes
Migration
143 of 171 votes
#3
Defence
57 of 71 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
166 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 47 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
37 of 49 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API