Compare

Mr Toby Perkins vs Heidi Alexander

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 Heidi Alexander
Heidi Alexander
Lab Swindon South

Voting alignment

Mr Toby Perkins and Heidi Alexander voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 556 shared comparable votes.

552 same votes 4 different votes 556 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
53 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 85 shared votes
53 Aye 32 No
28 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 39 shared votes
28 Aye 11 No
18 Aye 17 No
Housing 100% aligned 35 shared votes
18 Aye 17 No
14 Aye 16 No
Transport 100% aligned 30 shared votes
14 Aye 16 No
15 Aye 11 No
Benefits 100% aligned 26 shared votes
15 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
53 Aye 6 No
Brexit / EU 95% aligned 59 shared votes
50 Aye 9 No
18 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 98% aligned 40 shared votes
19 Aye 21 No
53 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 85 shared votes
53 Aye 32 No
28 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 39 shared votes
28 Aye 11 No
18 Aye 17 No
Housing 100% aligned 35 shared votes
18 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
63.2%
9% below average
Rank 540 of 650
1,760
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
391
619 eligible divisions
967
54.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
184
47.1% of votes cast
793
45.1% of votes cast
No votes
207
52.9% 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

100
+10.0 vs Commons average
Rank 201 of 650
Appearances
64
-26.0 vs Commons average
Rank 387 of 650
154
-2.6 vs Commons average
Rank 220 of 650
Contributions
512
+355.4 vs Commons average
Rank 23 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
£1,369,392
all imported IPSA years
£306,578
36% above average
Latest expenses
£178,830
21% below average
5
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 49 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
9 of 10 votes
Migration
143 of 171 votes
#3
Transport
26 of 30 votes
Brexit / EU
176 of 212 votes
#4
Housing
26 of 32 votes
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 47 votes
#5
Trade
8 of 10 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
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Third Reading 8 Feb 2017
Brexit / EU
No rebel
Aye
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Committee of the whole House Clauses 1 and 2 stand part 8 Feb 2017
Brexit / EU
No rebel
Aye
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Second Reading 1 Feb 2017
Brexit / EU
No rebel
Where they voted the same
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
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Programme Motion 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API