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Mr Toby Perkins vs Ben Lake

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


Voting alignment

Mr Toby Perkins and Ben Lake voted the same way 86% of the time, based on 1,264 shared comparable votes.

1,081 same votes 183 different votes 1,264 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
14 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 No
6 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
91 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 156 shared votes
90 Aye 66 No
31 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 48 shared votes
30 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 2 No
Education 63% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
9 Aye 8 No
Housing 71% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
33 Aye 22 No
Benefits 71% aligned 55 shared votes
33 Aye 22 No
23 Aye 32 No
Defence 73% aligned 55 shared votes
32 Aye 23 No
90 Aye 57 No
Tax 74% aligned 147 shared votes
108 Aye 39 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 347 of 649
Participation
75.8%
3% above average
Rank 292 of 649
1,745
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
962
55.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
55.8% of votes cast
783
44.9% of votes cast
No votes
710
44.2% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

103
+19.3 vs Commons average
Rank 161 of 649
Appearances
67
-16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 334 of 649
160
+14.1 vs Commons average
Rank 187 of 649
Contributions
69
-76.9 vs Commons average
Rank 448 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
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£306,578
36% above average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11% above average
5
1 registered category
Registered interests
0
0 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
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 163 votes
Migration
143 of 171 votes
#3
Trade
81 of 87 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 47 votes
#5
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API