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Mr Toby Perkins vs David Davis

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 David Davis
David Davis
Con Goole and Pocklington

Voting alignment

Mr Toby Perkins and David Davis voted the same way 9% of the time, based on 1,169 shared comparable votes.

109 same votes 1,060 different votes 1,169 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
28 Aye 26 No
Trade 17% aligned 54 shared votes
23 Aye 31 No
28 Aye 76 No
Migration 16% aligned 104 shared votes
65 Aye 39 No
45 Aye 42 No
Crime / Justice 11% aligned 87 shared votes
40 Aye 47 No
23 Aye 27 No
Defence 10% aligned 50 shared votes
32 Aye 18 No
27 Aye 13 No
Benefits 10% aligned 40 shared votes
11 Aye 29 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 30 No
Transport 0% aligned 50 shared votes
30 Aye 20 No
11 Aye 21 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 32 shared votes
21 Aye 11 No
11 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
21 Aye 11 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
87 Aye 46 No
Tax 2% aligned 133 shared votes
47 Aye 86 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
64.8%
8% below average
Rank 521 of 649
1,745
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,539
2,376 eligible divisions
962
55.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
720
46.8% of votes cast
783
44.9% of votes cast
No votes
819
53.2% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
93
6.0% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
18 years, 2 months
Since 10 Jul 2008

Debates

102
+20.3 vs Commons average
Rank 157 of 649
Appearances
53
-28.7 vs Commons average
Rank 422 of 649
159
+16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 176 of 649
Contributions
82
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 388 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
£2,621,658
all imported IPSA years
£306,578
36% above average
Latest expenses
£277,187
23% above average
7
1 registered category
Registered interests
8
3 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
7
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
198 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Migration
143 of 171 votes
#3
Trade
72 of 91 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#4
Defence
53 of 71 votes
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 47 votes
#5
Migration
126 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
No
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals) Regulations 2024 13 Nov 2024
Aye
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