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Mr Toby Perkins vs Dave Robertson

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 Dave Robertson
Dave Robertson
Lab Lichfield

Voting alignment

Mr Toby Perkins and Dave Robertson voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 434 shared comparable votes.

430 same votes 4 different votes 434 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
34 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 73 shared votes
34 Aye 39 No
24 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
24 Aye 10 No
19 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
10 Aye 17 No
Defence 100% aligned 27 shared votes
10 Aye 17 No
16 Aye 9 No
Benefits 100% aligned 25 shared votes
16 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 98% aligned 51 shared votes
29 Aye 22 No
34 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 73 shared votes
34 Aye 39 No
24 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
24 Aye 10 No
19 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
10 Aye 17 No
Defence 100% aligned 27 shared votes
10 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

73.2%
1% above average
Rank 349 of 650
Participation
87.1%
15% above average
Rank 54 of 650
1,761
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
540
620 eligible divisions
968
55.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
288
53.3% of votes cast
793
45.0% of votes cast
No votes
252
46.7% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.7% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

102
+10.2 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 650
Appearances
127
+35.2 vs Commons average
Rank 125 of 650
157
-2.5 vs Commons average
Rank 221 of 650
Contributions
163
+3.5 vs Commons average
Rank 206 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
£212,620
all imported IPSA years
£306,578
36% above average
Latest expenses
£212,620
6% below average
5
1 registered category
Registered interests
0
0 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
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 49 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Migration
143 of 171 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Brexit / EU
176 of 212 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 47 votes
#5
NHS / Health
11 of 11 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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye rebel
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
Aye rebel
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers 21 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API