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Mr Toby Perkins vs Catherine West

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


Voting alignment

Mr Toby Perkins and Catherine West voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,484 shared comparable votes.

1,472 same votes 12 different votes 1,484 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
100 Aye 71 No
Tax 100% aligned 171 shared votes
100 Aye 71 No
37 Aye 104 No
Migration 100% aligned 141 shared votes
37 Aye 104 No
63 Aye 71 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 134 shared votes
63 Aye 71 No
50 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 66 shared votes
50 Aye 16 No
27 Aye 34 No
Transport 100% aligned 61 shared votes
27 Aye 34 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 42 shared votes
25 Aye 17 No
108 Aye 63 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 171 shared votes
104 Aye 67 No
31 Aye 13 No
Energy 98% aligned 44 shared votes
30 Aye 14 No
30 Aye 35 No
Trade 98% aligned 65 shared votes
29 Aye 36 No
100 Aye 71 No
Tax 100% aligned 171 shared votes
100 Aye 71 No

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

Voting record

73.0%
1% above average
Rank 356 of 650
Participation
73.6%
1% above average
Rank 339 of 650
1,745
2,390 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,760
2,390 eligible divisions
962
55.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
953
54.1% of votes cast
783
44.9% of votes cast
No votes
807
45.9% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.5% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

100
+13.1 vs Commons average
Rank 185 of 650
Appearances
51
-35.9 vs Commons average
Rank 461 of 650
155
+3.6 vs Commons average
Rank 206 of 650
Contributions
62
-89.4 vs Commons average
Rank 475 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
£2,012,777
all imported IPSA years
£306,578
36% above average
Latest expenses
£264,778
17% above average
5
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Education
86 of 96 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 49 votes
#2
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Migration
143 of 171 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 49 votes
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 47 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
58 of 70 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