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Mr Toby Perkins vs Valerie Vaz

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


Voting alignment

Mr Toby Perkins and Valerie Vaz voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,565 shared comparable votes.

1,552 same votes 13 different votes 1,565 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
126 Aye 78 No
Tax 100% aligned 204 shared votes
126 Aye 78 No
82 Aye 73 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 155 shared votes
82 Aye 73 No
38 Aye 104 No
Migration 100% aligned 142 shared votes
38 Aye 104 No
55 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 71 shared votes
55 Aye 16 No
30 Aye 37 No
Transport 100% aligned 67 shared votes
30 Aye 37 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 52 shared votes
33 Aye 19 No
110 Aye 64 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 174 shared votes
109 Aye 65 No
126 Aye 78 No
Tax 100% aligned 204 shared votes
126 Aye 78 No
82 Aye 73 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 155 shared votes
82 Aye 73 No
38 Aye 104 No
Migration 100% aligned 142 shared votes
38 Aye 104 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

73.0%
1% above average
Rank 356 of 650
Participation
76.7%
4% above average
Rank 269 of 650
1,745
2,390 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,833
2,390 eligible divisions
962
55.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,030
56.2% of votes cast
783
44.9% of votes cast
No votes
803
43.8% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
13
0.7% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

100
+13.1 vs Commons average
Rank 185 of 650
Appearances
31
-55.9 vs Commons average
Rank 566 of 650
155
+3.6 vs Commons average
Rank 206 of 650
Contributions
14
-137.4 vs Commons average
Rank 619 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
£2,436,824
all imported IPSA years
£306,578
36% above average
Latest expenses
£218,663
3% below average
5
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Foreign Affairs
68 of 70 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 49 votes
#2
Education
91 of 96 votes
Migration
143 of 171 votes
#3
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 47 votes
#5
Transport
80 of 95 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API