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Mr Toby Perkins vs Michael Shanks

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 Michael Shanks
Michael Shanks
Lab Rutherglen

Voting alignment

Mr Toby Perkins and Michael Shanks voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 395 shared comparable votes.

389 same votes 6 different votes 395 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
29 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 58 shared votes
29 Aye 29 No
6 Aye 24 No
Migration 100% aligned 30 shared votes
6 Aye 24 No
7 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 27 shared votes
7 Aye 20 No
18 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 97% aligned 36 shared votes
24 Aye 12 No
29 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 58 shared votes
29 Aye 29 No
6 Aye 24 No
Migration 100% aligned 30 shared votes
6 Aye 24 No
7 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 27 shared votes
7 Aye 20 No
18 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

73.3%
1% above average
Rank 347 of 650
Participation
63.7%
9% below average
Rank 531 of 650
1,774
2,421 eligible divisions
Total votes
524
823 eligible divisions
978
55.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
246
46.9% of votes cast
796
44.9% of votes cast
No votes
278
53.1% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
5
1.0% of votes cast
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
3 years, 1 months
Since 5 Oct 2023

Debates

110
+13.9 vs Commons average
Rank 191 of 650
Appearances
116
+19.9 vs Commons average
Rank 170 of 650
168
+0.8 vs Commons average
Rank 209 of 650
Contributions
638
+470.8 vs Commons average
Rank 14 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
£340,820
all imported IPSA years
£306,578
36% above average
Latest expenses
£272,859
21% above average
5
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
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 71 votes
#1
Trade
16 of 17 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 49 votes
#2
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
Migration
143 of 171 votes
#3
Work / Employment
41 of 48 votes
Brexit / EU
176 of 212 votes
#4
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 47 votes
#5
Energy
20 of 26 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No rebel
No rebel
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye rebel
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No rebel
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
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
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