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Mr Toby Perkins vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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


Voting alignment

Mr Toby Perkins and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,524 shared comparable votes.

51 same votes 1,473 different votes 1,524 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
11 Aye 19 No
Democracy / Parliament 7% aligned 30 shared votes
17 Aye 13 No
24 Aye 16 No
Benefits 5% aligned 40 shared votes
14 Aye 26 No
32 Aye 14 No
Energy 4% aligned 46 shared votes
16 Aye 30 No
110 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 175 shared votes
66 Aye 109 No
81 Aye 72 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 153 shared votes
72 Aye 81 No
Most different by topic
120 Aye 73 No
Tax 0% aligned 193 shared votes
73 Aye 120 No
33 Aye 99 No
Migration 0% aligned 132 shared votes
99 Aye 33 No
29 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 51 shared votes
22 Aye 29 No
28 Aye 21 No
Transport 0% aligned 49 shared votes
21 Aye 28 No
24 Aye 22 No
Housing 0% aligned 46 shared votes
22 Aye 24 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
88.8 %
16 % above average
Rank 45 of 648
1,692
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,054
2,312 eligible divisions
943
55.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
944
46.0 % of votes cast
749
44.3 % of votes cast
No votes
1,110
54.0 % of votes cast
7
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

50
-10.4 vs Commons average
Rank 313 of 648
Appearances
103
+42.6 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 648
82
-26.9 vs Commons average
Rank 272 of 648
Contributions
111
+2.1 vs Commons average
Rank 192 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
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£306,578
36 % above average
Latest expenses
£127,783
44 % below average
4
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
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
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 45 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 88 votes
Migration
141 of 169 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 43 votes
#5
Defence
56 of 59 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API