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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 1,237 shared comparable votes.

1,030 same votes 207 different votes 1,237 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
16 Aye 18 No
Environment / Climate 94% aligned 34 shared votes
16 Aye 18 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 346 of 649
Participation
67.0 %
6 % below average
Rank 480 of 649
1,733
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,581
2,361 eligible divisions
959
55.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
907
57.4 % of votes cast
774
44.7 % of votes cast
No votes
674
42.6 % of votes cast
7
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
25 years, 2 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

86
+8.1 vs Commons average
Rank 207 of 650
Appearances
68
-9.9 vs Commons average
Rank 312 of 650
146
+7.7 vs Commons average
Rank 188 of 650
Contributions
116
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 246 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
£3,256,569
all imported IPSA years
£306,578
36 % above average
Latest expenses
£319,374
41 % above average
6
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
33 of 43 votes
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 43 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
176 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

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