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Mr Toby Perkins vs David Taylor

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 Taylor
David Taylor
Lab Hemel Hempstead

Voting alignment

Mr Toby Perkins and David Taylor voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 394 shared comparable votes.

392 same votes 2 different votes 394 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
33 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 69 shared votes
33 Aye 36 No
19 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
14 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No
10 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
16 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 98% aligned 49 shared votes
28 Aye 21 No
33 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 69 shared votes
33 Aye 36 No
19 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
14 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No
10 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 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
80.0%
8% above average
Rank 196 of 650
1,761
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
496
620 eligible divisions
968
55.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
247
49.8% of votes cast
793
45.0% of votes cast
No votes
249
50.2% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

103
+10.0 vs Commons average
Rank 203 of 650
Appearances
34
-59.0 vs Commons average
Rank 558 of 650
159
-3.0 vs Commons average
Rank 222 of 650
Contributions
40
-122.0 vs Commons average
Rank 567 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
£181,421
all imported IPSA years
£306,578
36% above average
Latest expenses
£181,421
20% below average
5
1 registered category
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 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
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 47 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
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
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
No
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
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