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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 84% of the time, based on 1,225 shared comparable votes.

1,025 same votes 200 different votes 1,225 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
10 Aye 15 No
Democracy / Parliament 96% aligned 25 shared votes
11 Aye 14 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
34 Aye 14 No
Education 54% aligned 48 shared votes
30 Aye 18 No
62 Aye 74 No
Crime / Justice 71% aligned 136 shared votes
61 Aye 75 No
102 Aye 49 No
Tax 72% aligned 151 shared votes
101 Aye 50 No
15 Aye 17 No
Housing 72% aligned 32 shared votes
16 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

73.2 %
same as average
Rank 365 of 648
Participation
67.8 %
5 % below average
Rank 481 of 648
1,692
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,567
2,312 eligible divisions
943
55.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
896
57.2 % of votes cast
749
44.3 % of votes cast
No votes
671
42.8 % of votes cast
7
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
24 years, 11 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

50
-9.9 vs Commons average
Rank 318 of 648
Appearances
58
-1.9 vs Commons average
Rank 244 of 648
82
-25.9 vs Commons average
Rank 295 of 648
Contributions
88
-19.9 vs Commons average
Rank 271 of 648

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
4
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
4 registered categories
0
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
54 of 59 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 45 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Migration
141 of 169 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
36 of 45 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#4
Trade
68 of 88 votes
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 43 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
176 of 229 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API