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Mr Toby Perkins vs Matthew Pennycook

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 Matthew Pennycook
Matthew Pennycook
Lab Greenwich and Woolwich

Voting alignment

Mr Toby Perkins and Matthew Pennycook voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,666 shared comparable votes.

1,660 same votes 6 different votes 1,666 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
129 Aye 79 No
Tax 100% aligned 208 shared votes
129 Aye 79 No
38 Aye 104 No
Migration 100% aligned 142 shared votes
38 Aye 104 No
31 Aye 38 No
Transport 100% aligned 69 shared votes
31 Aye 38 No
32 Aye 35 No
Trade 100% aligned 67 shared votes
32 Aye 35 No
48 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 64 shared votes
48 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 27 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 63 shared votes
35 Aye 28 No
78 Aye 75 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 153 shared votes
79 Aye 74 No
110 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 175 shared votes
109 Aye 66 No
129 Aye 79 No
Tax 100% aligned 208 shared votes
129 Aye 79 No
38 Aye 104 No
Migration 100% aligned 142 shared votes
38 Aye 104 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
82.2%
10% above average
Rank 151 of 650
1,760
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,977
2,405 eligible divisions
967
54.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,092
55.2% of votes cast
793
45.1% of votes cast
No votes
885
44.8% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

100
+11.4 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 650
Appearances
153
+64.4 vs Commons average
Rank 77 of 650
154
-0.4 vs Commons average
Rank 216 of 650
Contributions
647
+492.6 vs Commons average
Rank 9 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
£1,761,831
all imported IPSA years
£306,578
36% above average
Latest expenses
£216,649
4% below average
5
1 registered category
Registered interests
0
0 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
Housing
63 of 67 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 49 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
77 of 82 votes
Migration
143 of 171 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
46 of 49 votes
Brexit / EU
176 of 212 votes
#4
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 47 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 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
No rebel
Joanna Cherry's motion G (Parliamentary Supremacy) 1 Apr 2019
Aye
No rebel
Joanna Cherry's motion L (Revocation to avoid no deal) 27 Mar 2019
Aye
Aye
Motion on National Policy Statement and New Runway Capacity 25 Jun 2018
No rebel
Where they voted the same
No
Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers 21 Oct 2026
No
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
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
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API