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Mr Toby Perkins vs James Murray

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

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Mr Toby Perkins
Lab Chesterfield
vs
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James Murray
Lab Ealing North

Voting alignment

Mr Toby Perkins and James Murray voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 995 shared comparable votes.

992 same votes 3 different votes 995 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
78 Aye 52 No
Tax 100% aligned 130 shared votes
78 Aye 52 No
35 Aye 86 No
Migration 100% aligned 121 shared votes
35 Aye 86 No
34 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 46 shared votes
34 Aye 12 No
25 Aye 19 No
Defence 100% aligned 44 shared votes
25 Aye 19 No
20 Aye 20 No
Benefits 100% aligned 40 shared votes
20 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 11 No
Foreign Affairs 97% aligned 31 shared votes
19 Aye 12 No
22 Aye 26 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 48 shared votes
21 Aye 27 No
47 Aye 63 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 110 shared votes
48 Aye 62 No
78 Aye 52 No
Tax 100% aligned 130 shared votes
78 Aye 52 No
35 Aye 86 No
Migration 100% aligned 121 shared votes
35 Aye 86 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

73.3 %
same as average
Rank 356 of 647
Participation
73.1 %
same as average
Rank 358 of 647
1,709
2,333 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,181
1,615 eligible divisions
947
55.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
629
53.3 % of votes cast
762
44.6 % of votes cast
No votes
552
46.7 % of votes cast
7
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

60
-7.0 vs Commons average
Rank 293 of 649
Appearances
64
-3.0 vs Commons average
Rank 264 of 649
112
-7.1 vs Commons average
Rank 214 of 649
Contributions
377
+257.9 vs Commons average
Rank 28 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
£1,325,130
all imported IPSA years
£306,578
36 % above average
Latest expenses
£293,355
30 % above average
4
1 registered category
Registered interests
7
1 registered category
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
59 of 64 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
39 of 41 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 45 votes
#2
Housing
48 of 53 votes
Migration
141 of 169 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
45 of 50 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#4
Migration
130 of 152 votes
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 43 votes
#5
Education
57 of 68 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
Aye rebel
European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill: Second Reading 20 Dec 2019
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
No
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