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Mr Toby Perkins vs Sir Nicholas Dakin

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 Sir Nicholas Dakin
Sir Nicholas Dakin
Lab Scunthorpe

Voting alignment

Mr Toby Perkins and Sir Nicholas Dakin voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 824 shared comparable votes.

823 same votes 1 different votes 824 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
72 Aye 52 No
Tax 100% aligned 124 shared votes
72 Aye 52 No
69 Aye 25 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 94 shared votes
69 Aye 25 No
31 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 46 shared votes
31 Aye 15 No
24 Aye 22 No
Transport 100% aligned 46 shared votes
24 Aye 22 No
19 Aye 19 No
Housing 100% aligned 38 shared votes
19 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
47 Aye 31 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 78 shared votes
48 Aye 30 No
72 Aye 52 No
Tax 100% aligned 124 shared votes
72 Aye 52 No
69 Aye 25 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 94 shared votes
69 Aye 25 No
31 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 46 shared votes
31 Aye 15 No
24 Aye 22 No
Transport 100% aligned 46 shared votes
24 Aye 22 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
82.7%
10% above average
Rank 142 of 649
1,745
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
488
590 eligible divisions
962
55.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
239
49.0% of votes cast
783
44.9% of votes cast
No votes
249
51.0% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

102
+19.9 vs Commons average
Rank 159 of 649
Appearances
7
-75.1 vs Commons average
Rank 627 of 649
159
+16.1 vs Commons average
Rank 178 of 649
Contributions
7
-135.9 vs Commons average
Rank 626 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
£1,959,326
all imported IPSA years
£306,578
36% above average
Latest expenses
£208,878
8% below average
7
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
24 of 24 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Migration
143 of 171 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 47 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 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
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: 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
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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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