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Mr Toby Perkins vs Colum Eastwood

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 Colum Eastwood
Colum Eastwood
SDLP Foyle

Voting alignment

Mr Toby Perkins and Colum Eastwood voted the same way 96% of the time, based on 711 shared comparable votes.

683 same votes 28 different votes 711 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
31 Aye 86 No
Migration 100% aligned 117 shared votes
31 Aye 86 No
20 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 32 shared votes
20 Aye 12 No
13 Aye 16 No
Trade 100% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
9 Aye 19 No
Transport 100% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
11 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 17 No
Benefits 80% aligned 35 shared votes
19 Aye 16 No
10 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 80% aligned 15 shared votes
11 Aye 4 No
10 Aye 4 No
Education 86% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 15 No
Democracy / Parliament 89% aligned 19 shared votes
6 Aye 13 No
21 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 95% aligned 37 shared votes
21 Aye 16 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 346 of 649
Participation
53.7 %
19 % below average
Rank 611 of 649
1,733
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
882
1,643 eligible divisions
959
55.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
485
55.0 % of votes cast
774
44.7 % of votes cast
No votes
397
45.0 % of votes cast
7
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

86
+8.1 vs Commons average
Rank 207 of 650
Appearances
17
-60.9 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 650
146
+7.7 vs Commons average
Rank 188 of 650
Contributions
28
-110.3 vs Commons average
Rank 576 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
£1,517,457
all imported IPSA years
£306,578
36 % above average
Latest expenses
£327,867
45 % above average
6
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 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
Foreign Affairs
48 of 50 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#2
Migration
128 of 154 votes
Migration
143 of 171 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#4
Work / Employment
55 of 67 votes
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 43 votes
#5
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
Aye
Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 60 15 Sep 2025
Work / Employment
No
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Clause 2, as amended, and Clause 3 stand part 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 12 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
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
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
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