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Mr Toby Perkins vs Mark Ferguson

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 Mark Ferguson
Mark Ferguson
Lab Gateshead Central and Whickham

Voting alignment

Mr Toby Perkins and Mark Ferguson voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 349 shared comparable votes.

348 same votes 1 different votes 349 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
32 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 68 shared votes
32 Aye 36 No
24 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
24 Aye 11 No
13 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
14 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 25 shared votes
14 Aye 11 No
11 Aye 9 No
Defence 100% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 97% aligned 35 shared votes
24 Aye 11 No
32 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 68 shared votes
32 Aye 36 No
24 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
24 Aye 11 No
13 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
14 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 25 shared votes
14 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 346 of 649
Participation
89.4 %
17 % above average
Rank 24 of 649
1,733
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
514
575 eligible divisions
959
55.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
275
53.5 % of votes cast
774
44.7 % of votes cast
No votes
239
46.5 % of votes cast
7
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4 % of votes cast
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

82
+4.4 vs Commons average
Rank 220 of 649
Appearances
4
-73.6 vs Commons average
Rank 628 of 649
142
+4.4 vs Commons average
Rank 192 of 649
Contributions
9
-128.6 vs Commons average
Rank 618 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
£191,951
all imported IPSA years
£306,578
36 % above average
Latest expenses
£191,951
15 % below average
4
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
Education
50 of 50 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#2
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
Migration
143 of 171 votes
#3
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#4
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 43 votes
#5
Migration
13 of 13 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
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API