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Mr Toby Perkins vs David Simmonds

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


Voting alignment

Mr Toby Perkins and David Simmonds voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 953 shared comparable votes.

45 same votes 908 different votes 953 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
13 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 19% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
19 Aye 17 No
Benefits 6% aligned 36 shared votes
15 Aye 21 No
33 Aye 93 No
Migration 5% aligned 126 shared votes
87 Aye 39 No
10 Aye 18 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 28 shared votes
17 Aye 11 No
20 Aye 9 No
Energy 3% aligned 29 shared votes
10 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
67 Aye 49 No
Tax 0% aligned 116 shared votes
49 Aye 67 No
29 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 56 shared votes
27 Aye 29 No
17 Aye 18 No
Trade 0% aligned 35 shared votes
18 Aye 17 No
21 Aye 13 No
Housing 0% aligned 34 shared votes
13 Aye 21 No
8 Aye 25 No
Transport 0% aligned 33 shared votes
25 Aye 8 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
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 133 of 649
1,745
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,379
1,658 eligible divisions
962
55.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
664
48.2% of votes cast
783
44.9% of votes cast
No votes
715
51.8% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

102
+19.7 vs Commons average
Rank 158 of 649
Appearances
108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 142 of 649
159
+15.5 vs Commons average
Rank 181 of 649
Contributions
244
+100.5 vs Commons average
Rank 90 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
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£306,578
36% above average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12% above average
5
1 registered category
Registered interests
7
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
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 154 votes
Migration
143 of 171 votes
#3
Housing
49 of 54 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 47 votes
#5
Defence
62 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API