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Mr Toby Perkins vs Sarah Owen

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
vs
Photograph of Sarah Owen
Sarah Owen
Lab Luton North

Voting alignment

Mr Toby Perkins and Sarah Owen voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 873 shared comparable votes.

871 same votes 2 different votes 873 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
31 Aye 81 No
Migration 100% aligned 112 shared votes
31 Aye 81 No
59 Aye 43 No
Tax 100% aligned 102 shared votes
59 Aye 43 No
23 Aye 22 No
Defence 100% aligned 45 shared votes
23 Aye 22 No
23 Aye 17 No
Benefits 100% aligned 40 shared votes
23 Aye 17 No
20 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 39 shared votes
20 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 10 No
Foreign Affairs 96% aligned 28 shared votes
17 Aye 11 No
20 Aye 25 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 45 shared votes
19 Aye 26 No
45 Aye 57 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 102 shared votes
46 Aye 56 No
31 Aye 81 No
Migration 100% aligned 112 shared votes
31 Aye 81 No
59 Aye 43 No
Tax 100% aligned 102 shared votes
59 Aye 43 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
67.1 %
6 % below average
Rank 491 of 648
1,692
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,069
1,594 eligible divisions
943
55.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
557
52.1 % of votes cast
749
44.3 % of votes cast
No votes
512
47.9 % of votes cast
7
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

50
-10.4 vs Commons average
Rank 313 of 648
Appearances
42
-18.4 vs Commons average
Rank 399 of 648
82
-26.9 vs Commons average
Rank 272 of 648
Contributions
51
-57.9 vs Commons average
Rank 444 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
£998,822
all imported IPSA years
£306,578
36 % above average
Latest expenses
£276,668
22 % above average
4
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Foreign Affairs
48 of 50 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 45 votes
#2
Defence
47 of 58 votes
Migration
141 of 169 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
51 of 63 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#4
Migration
121 of 152 votes
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 43 votes
#5
Work / Employment
50 of 65 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye rebel
European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill: Second Reading 20 Dec 2019
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Children's School and Wellbeing Bill: Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 27 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to insist on Amendments 439C and 439D and disagree with Lords Amendments 439E and 439F 22 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
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