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Mr Toby Perkins vs Simon Lightwood

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 Simon Lightwood
Simon Lightwood
Lab Wakefield and Rothwell

Voting alignment

Mr Toby Perkins and Simon Lightwood voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 563 shared comparable votes.

560 same votes 3 different votes 563 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
43 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 70 shared votes
43 Aye 27 No
21 Aye 30 No
Migration 100% aligned 51 shared votes
21 Aye 30 No
18 Aye 18 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 36 shared votes
18 Aye 18 No
20 Aye 11 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
19 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
19 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 98% aligned 53 shared votes
33 Aye 20 No
43 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 70 shared votes
43 Aye 27 No
21 Aye 30 No
Migration 100% aligned 51 shared votes
21 Aye 30 No
18 Aye 18 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 36 shared votes
18 Aye 18 No
20 Aye 11 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 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
65.7%
7% below average
Rank 506 of 650
1,760
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
733
1,116 eligible divisions
967
54.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
394
53.8% of votes cast
793
45.1% of votes cast
No votes
339
46.2% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
4 years, 4 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

100
+10.0 vs Commons average
Rank 201 of 650
Appearances
96
+6.0 vs Commons average
Rank 220 of 650
154
-2.6 vs Commons average
Rank 220 of 650
Contributions
225
+68.4 vs Commons average
Rank 122 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
£764,432
all imported IPSA years
£306,578
36% above average
Latest expenses
£321,958
42% above average
5
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 49 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
38 of 42 votes
Migration
143 of 171 votes
#3
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
Brexit / EU
176 of 212 votes
#4
Housing
34 of 44 votes
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 47 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
41 of 54 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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
No
No
draft Agricultural Holdings (Fee) Regulations 2022 7 Dec 2022
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
No
Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers 21 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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