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Peter Swallow vs Mr Toby Perkins

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

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Peter Swallow
Lab Bracknell
vs
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Mr Toby Perkins
Lab Chesterfield

Voting alignment

Peter Swallow and Mr Toby Perkins voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 409 shared comparable votes.

408 same votes 1 different votes 409 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
32 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 66 shared votes
32 Aye 34 No
24 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
24 Aye 11 No
11 Aye 21 No
Defence 100% aligned 32 shared votes
11 Aye 21 No
19 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
16 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 98% aligned 43 shared votes
18 Aye 25 No
32 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 66 shared votes
32 Aye 34 No
24 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
24 Aye 11 No
11 Aye 21 No
Defence 100% aligned 32 shared votes
11 Aye 21 No
19 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

85.4%
13% above average
Rank 84 of 649
Participation
73.4%
1% above average
Rank 347 of 649
504
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,745
2,376 eligible divisions
245
48.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
962
55.1% of votes cast
259
51.4% of votes cast
No votes
783
44.9% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

198
+115.7 vs Commons average
Rank 21 of 649
Appearances
102
+19.7 vs Commons average
Rank 158 of 649
285
+141.5 vs Commons average
Rank 64 of 649
Contributions
159
+15.5 vs Commons average
Rank 181 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£169,409
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,954,096
all imported IPSA years
£169,409
25% below average
Latest expenses
£306,578
36% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
1 registered category
1
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

Housing
32 of 32 votes
#1
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Migration
143 of 171 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No rebel
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: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
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
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