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Mr Toby Perkins vs Olivia Blake

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 Olivia Blake
Olivia Blake
Lab Sheffield Hallam

Voting alignment

Mr Toby Perkins and Olivia Blake voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,055 shared comparable votes.

1,044 same votes 11 different votes 1,055 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
71 Aye 53 No
Tax 100% aligned 124 shared votes
71 Aye 53 No
35 Aye 82 No
Migration 100% aligned 117 shared votes
35 Aye 82 No
36 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 48 shared votes
36 Aye 12 No
14 Aye 33 No
Transport 100% aligned 47 shared votes
14 Aye 33 No
28 Aye 18 No
Defence 100% aligned 46 shared votes
28 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 18 No
Benefits 88% aligned 48 shared votes
30 Aye 18 No
15 Aye 12 No
Housing 96% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No
22 Aye 11 No
Foreign Affairs 97% aligned 33 shared votes
21 Aye 12 No
21 Aye 25 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 46 shared votes
20 Aye 26 No
40 Aye 64 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 104 shared votes
41 Aye 63 No

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

Voting record

73.2%
1% above average
Rank 349 of 650
Participation
74.2%
2% above average
Rank 327 of 650
1,760
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,252
1,687 eligible divisions
967
54.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
655
52.3% of votes cast
793
45.1% of votes cast
No votes
597
47.7% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
10
0.8% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

100
+11.2 vs Commons average
Rank 195 of 650
Appearances
35
-53.8 vs Commons average
Rank 542 of 650
154
-0.6 vs Commons average
Rank 214 of 650
Contributions
39
-115.6 vs Commons average
Rank 562 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
£1,408,648
all imported IPSA years
£306,578
36% above average
Latest expenses
£300,839
33% above average
5
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
2 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Education
66 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 49 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
42 of 45 votes
Migration
143 of 171 votes
#3
Work / Employment
59 of 70 votes
Brexit / EU
176 of 212 votes
#4
Migration
126 of 154 votes
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 47 votes
#5
Transport
53 of 65 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025 14 Jan 2026
No rebel
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Clause 2, as amended, and Clause 3 stand part 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Reasoned Amendment at Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
No rebel
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
No
No
Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 69 9 Jun 2025
Housing
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
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