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Mr Toby Perkins vs Jim Dickson

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 Jim Dickson
Jim Dickson
Lab Dartford

Voting alignment

Mr Toby Perkins and Jim Dickson voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 399 shared comparable votes.

397 same votes 2 different votes 399 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
36 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 72 shared votes
36 Aye 36 No
22 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
22 Aye 11 No
11 Aye 21 No
Defence 100% aligned 32 shared votes
11 Aye 21 No
19 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
15 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 98% aligned 47 shared votes
23 Aye 24 No
36 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 72 shared votes
36 Aye 36 No
22 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
22 Aye 11 No
11 Aye 21 No
Defence 100% aligned 32 shared votes
11 Aye 21 No
19 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 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 348 of 650
Participation
89.5 %
17 % above average
Rank 28 of 650
1,724
2,349 eligible divisions
Total votes
504
563 eligible divisions
953
55.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
243
48.2 % of votes cast
771
44.7 % of votes cast
No votes
261
51.8 % 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
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

68
-2.9 vs Commons average
Rank 265 of 650
Appearances
115
+44.1 vs Commons average
Rank 89 of 650
128
+2.2 vs Commons average
Rank 196 of 650
Contributions
128
+2.2 vs Commons average
Rank 197 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
£172,033
all imported IPSA years
£306,578
36 % above average
Latest expenses
£172,033
24 % below average
4
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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 70 votes
#1
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Migration
141 of 169 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#4
Defence
32 of 33 votes
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 43 votes
#5
Benefits
29 of 30 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
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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