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Mr Toby Perkins vs Mr Louie French

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

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Mr Toby Perkins
Lab Chesterfield
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Mr Louie French
Con Old Bexley and Sidcup

Voting alignment

Mr Toby Perkins and Mr Louie French voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 690 shared comparable votes.

24 same votes 666 different votes 690 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
3 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
19 Aye 7 No
Benefits 8% aligned 26 shared votes
5 Aye 21 No
7 Aye 6 No
Environment / Climate 8% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
47 Aye 51 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 98 shared votes
49 Aye 49 No
20 Aye 7 No
Energy 4% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 42 shared votes
19 Aye 23 No
19 Aye 22 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 41 shared votes
22 Aye 19 No
27 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
6 Aye 27 No
17 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 31 shared votes
14 Aye 17 No
14 Aye 7 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 21 shared votes
7 Aye 14 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
80.3 %
8 % above average
Rank 196 of 649
1,733
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
988
1,231 eligible divisions
959
55.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
497
50.3 % of votes cast
774
44.7 % of votes cast
No votes
491
49.7 % 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
4 years, 8 months
Since 2 Dec 2021

Debates

86
+8.1 vs Commons average
Rank 207 of 650
Appearances
53
-24.9 vs Commons average
Rank 404 of 650
146
+7.7 vs Commons average
Rank 188 of 650
Contributions
69
-69.3 vs Commons average
Rank 420 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
£423,303
all imported IPSA years
£306,578
36 % above average
Latest expenses
£143,451
37 % below average
6
1 registered category
Registered interests
9
4 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
Brexit / EU
16 of 16 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#2
Work / Employment
63 of 65 votes
Migration
143 of 171 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#4
Migration
127 of 136 votes
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 43 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 54 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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