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Steve Race vs Mr Toby Perkins

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

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Steve Race
Lab Exeter
vs
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Mr Toby Perkins
Lab Chesterfield

Voting alignment

Steve Race and Mr Toby Perkins voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 427 shared comparable votes.

425 same votes 2 different votes 427 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
34 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 70 shared votes
34 Aye 36 No
24 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
24 Aye 10 No
11 Aye 19 No
Defence 100% aligned 30 shared votes
11 Aye 19 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
29 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 98% aligned 53 shared votes
28 Aye 25 No
34 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 70 shared votes
34 Aye 36 No
24 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
24 Aye 10 No
11 Aye 19 No
Defence 100% aligned 30 shared votes
11 Aye 19 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

85.8%
13% above average
Rank 79 of 649
Participation
73.4%
1% above average
Rank 347 of 649
506
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,745
2,376 eligible divisions
269
53.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
962
55.1% of votes cast
237
46.8% of votes cast
No votes
783
44.9% of votes cast
0
0.0% 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

98
+15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 175 of 649
Appearances
102
+19.7 vs Commons average
Rank 158 of 649
115
-28.5 vs Commons average
Rank 285 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

£194,803
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,954,096
all imported IPSA years
£194,803
14% 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

Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
#1
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Transport
29 of 29 votes
#3
Migration
143 of 171 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
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
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
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