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Mr Toby Perkins vs Emma Foody

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 Emma Foody
Emma Foody
Lab Cramlington and Killingworth

Voting alignment

Mr Toby Perkins and Emma Foody voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 403 shared comparable votes.

400 same votes 3 different votes 403 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
35 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 67 shared votes
35 Aye 32 No
9 Aye 21 No
Defence 100% aligned 30 shared votes
9 Aye 21 No
19 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
19 Aye 10 No
19 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 98% aligned 53 shared votes
29 Aye 24 No
35 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 67 shared votes
35 Aye 32 No
9 Aye 21 No
Defence 100% aligned 30 shared votes
9 Aye 21 No
19 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
19 Aye 10 No
19 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 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
85.0%
13% above average
Rank 92 of 650
1,761
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
527
620 eligible divisions
968
55.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
255
48.4% of votes cast
793
45.0% of votes cast
No votes
272
51.6% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% 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
36
-57.0 vs Commons average
Rank 545 of 650
159
-3.0 vs Commons average
Rank 222 of 650
Contributions
44
-118.0 vs Commons average
Rank 548 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
£188,107
all imported IPSA years
£306,578
36% above average
Latest expenses
£188,107
17% below average
5
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 49 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Migration
143 of 171 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
176 of 212 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 47 votes
#5
Energy
19 of 20 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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 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