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Mr Toby Perkins vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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


Voting alignment

Mr Toby Perkins and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,303 shared comparable votes.

74 same votes 1,229 different votes 1,303 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
109 Aye 55 No
Brexit / EU 9% aligned 164 shared votes
61 Aye 103 No
20 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 30 shared votes
12 Aye 18 No
23 Aye 12 No
Energy 6% aligned 35 shared votes
14 Aye 21 No
25 Aye 17 No
Benefits 5% aligned 42 shared votes
15 Aye 27 No
17 Aye 6 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 23 shared votes
7 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 34 No
Transport 0% aligned 61 shared votes
34 Aye 27 No
24 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 51 shared votes
27 Aye 24 No
24 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 41 shared votes
17 Aye 24 No
24 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 41 shared votes
17 Aye 24 No
13 Aye 12 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 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
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 418 of 649
1,745
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
962
55.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
781
46.6% of votes cast
783
44.9% of votes cast
No votes
895
53.4% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

102
+19.7 vs Commons average
Rank 158 of 649
Appearances
60
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 374 of 649
159
+15.5 vs Commons average
Rank 181 of 649
Contributions
66
-77.5 vs Commons average
Rank 458 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
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£306,578
36% above average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
7
1 registered category
Registered interests
16
4 registered categories
2
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
65 of 71 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Migration
143 of 171 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 47 votes
#5
Defence
54 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API