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Mr Toby Perkins vs Mr Alistair Carmichael

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


Voting alignment

Mr Toby Perkins and Mr Alistair Carmichael voted the same way 83% of the time, based on 1,243 shared comparable votes.

1,034 same votes 209 different votes 1,243 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
33 Aye 78 No
Migration 100% aligned 111 shared votes
33 Aye 78 No
100 Aye 59 No
Brexit / EU 97% aligned 159 shared votes
96 Aye 63 No
27 Aye 12 No
Foreign Affairs 97% aligned 39 shared votes
26 Aye 13 No
16 Aye 18 No
Environment / Climate 94% aligned 34 shared votes
16 Aye 18 No
28 Aye 34 No
Trade 94% aligned 62 shared votes
30 Aye 32 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 47% aligned 32 shared votes
7 Aye 25 No
35 Aye 14 No
Education 55% aligned 49 shared votes
31 Aye 18 No
102 Aye 52 No
Tax 70% aligned 154 shared votes
104 Aye 50 No
62 Aye 74 No
Crime / Justice 71% aligned 136 shared votes
61 Aye 75 No
22 Aye 17 No
Defence 72% aligned 39 shared votes
23 Aye 16 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 347 of 649
Participation
66.8%
6% below average
Rank 482 of 649
1,745
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,587
2,376 eligible divisions
962
55.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
57.5% of votes cast
783
44.9% of votes cast
No votes
675
42.5% 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
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

103
+19.3 vs Commons average
Rank 161 of 649
Appearances
77
-6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 285 of 649
160
+14.1 vs Commons average
Rank 187 of 649
Contributions
119
-26.9 vs Commons average
Rank 277 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
£3,256,569
all imported IPSA years
£306,578
36% above average
Latest expenses
£319,374
41% above average
5
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
4 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
13
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
Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Migration
143 of 171 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 47 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
176 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API