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Mr Toby Perkins vs Ruth Jones

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 Ruth Jones
Ruth Jones
Lab Newport West and Islwyn

Voting alignment

Mr Toby Perkins and Ruth Jones voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,127 shared comparable votes.

1,123 same votes 4 different votes 1,127 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
78 Aye 51 No
Tax 100% aligned 129 shared votes
78 Aye 51 No
31 Aye 95 No
Migration 100% aligned 126 shared votes
31 Aye 95 No
26 Aye 31 No
Defence 100% aligned 57 shared votes
26 Aye 31 No
27 Aye 24 No
Benefits 100% aligned 51 shared votes
27 Aye 24 No
16 Aye 34 No
Transport 100% aligned 50 shared votes
16 Aye 34 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 97% aligned 37 shared votes
21 Aye 16 No
29 Aye 30 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 59 shared votes
28 Aye 31 No
58 Aye 73 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 131 shared votes
59 Aye 72 No
78 Aye 51 No
Tax 100% aligned 129 shared votes
78 Aye 51 No
31 Aye 95 No
Migration 100% aligned 126 shared votes
31 Aye 95 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
78.1%
5% above average
Rank 241 of 649
1,745
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,337
1,712 eligible divisions
962
55.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
694
51.9% of votes cast
783
44.9% of votes cast
No votes
643
48.1% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
16
1.2% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
7 years, 5 months
Since 4 Apr 2019

Debates

102
+20.3 vs Commons average
Rank 157 of 649
Appearances
53
-28.7 vs Commons average
Rank 424 of 649
159
+16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 176 of 649
Contributions
78
-64.3 vs Commons average
Rank 402 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
£1,494,987
all imported IPSA years
£306,578
36% above average
Latest expenses
£296,369
31% above average
7
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 55 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#2
Education
61 of 69 votes
Migration
143 of 171 votes
#3
Migration
136 of 154 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#4
Work / Employment
60 of 68 votes
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 47 votes
#5
Housing
47 of 54 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
No rebel
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No rebel
Aye rebel
European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill: Second Reading 20 Dec 2019
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
No
Where they voted the same
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
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API