At a glanceMr Toby Perkins is a Labour MP for Chesterfield, and has represented the seat for 16 years, 2 months. They have cast 443 votes in Commons divisions (77% attendance), tabled 1,037 written questions and registered 6 financial interests.
Attendance is votes cast as a share of the 575 Commons divisions since the 2024 election; Mr Toby Perkins did not vote in 132. A rebellion is a vote against the way most of their own party voted; free votes, where no party line applies, are left out.
Party-loyalty figures are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.
Biography
Current roles
- Liaison Committee (Commons) Committee since 4 Dec 2024
- Environmental Audit Committee Committee · Chair since 11 Sep 2024
- Chesterfield Representation · Elected 1 time since 4 Jul 2024
- Labour Party since 6 May 2010
Voting record
Voting alignment
Votes most like
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Jessica Morden
Labour
100.0% · 357 of 357 shared votes
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Mr Connor Rand
Labour
100.0% · 315 of 315 shared votes
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Fred Thomas
Labour
100.0% · 309 of 309 shared votes
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Fabian Hamilton
Labour
100.0% · 224 of 224 shared votes
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Dan Jarvis
Labour
100.0% · 186 of 186 shared votes
Votes least like
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Sir Roger Gale
Conservative
0.8% · 2 of 253 shared votes
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Mrs Kemi Badenoch
Conservative
0.8% · 1 of 129 shared votes
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Sir James Cleverly
Conservative
1.0% · 3 of 293 shared votes
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George Freeman
Conservative
1.2% · 3 of 259 shared votes
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Mr Mark Francois
Conservative
1.2% · 3 of 249 shared votes
Alignment figures are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.
Register of financial interests
From the official Register; shown as registered.
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources6
- Lawn Tennis Association - £810.00 (registered 30 Jun 2026)
- Lawn Tennis Association - £300.00 (registered 30 Jun 2026)
- All England Lawn Tennis Club (Championships) Ltd - £520.00 (registered 4 Aug 2025)
- Lawn Tennis Association - £320.00 (registered 4 Aug 2025)
- Lawn Tennis Association - £1,015.12 (registered 1 Jul 2025)
- Lawn Tennis Association - £399.47 (registered 1 Jul 2025)
Written questions
Climate Security Taskforce
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what the Climate Security Taskforce's planned timetable is for holding its first meeting; and whether a record of that meeting will be published.
Answer · 21 Jul 2026
The Taskforce on the National Security and Resilience Risks of a Changing Climate and Nature Loss will meet for the first time in the Autumn. A record of that meeting will not be published to allow for open and candid discussion among participants. The pu...
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Publications
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department still produces Emerging Trends reports, which were bi-annual publications highlighting key developments and their implications produced by the Defra Futures Proj
Answer · 20 Jul 2026
Defra has no plans to publish a 5th Edition of the Global Megatrends report at present. We continue to routinely monitor both long-term and short-term emerging trends and risks, including through engagement of our expert committees.
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Publications
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has (a) produced and (b) plans to produce a fifth edition of the global megatrends report that was published in 2024.
Answer · 20 Jul 2026
Defra has no plans to publish a 5th Edition of the Global Megatrends report at present. We continue to routinely monitor both long-term and short-term emerging trends and risks, including through engagement of our expert committees.
Visas: Families
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of its policies on family visas.
Answer · 13 Jul 2026
The Family routes were established in 2012 aimed at enabling family life, while promoting financial independence and integration.Reform is overdue. The system has become too complex, inconsistent and open to abuse, with British citizens facing the stricte...
Flood Re
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to issue guidance to insurers on communicating flood risk to homeowners whose insurance policies rely on Flood Re.
Answer · 25 Jun 2026
The Government works closely with Flood Re and the insurance industry to improve awareness and understanding of flood risk. Flood Re made a recommendation in their 2024 Quinquennial Review that insurers are required to make clear on their policy documents...
Flood Re
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of uncertainty over the future of Flood Re on mortgage availability for properties at high risk of flooding.
Answer · 25 Jun 2026
Government is engaging with the insurance industry and other stakeholders to examine whether the rationale to end the Flood Re scheme in 2039 as planned remains appropriate, or whether we need reconsider this timing in the light of the challenges of clima...
Flood Re
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of closure of the Flood Re scheme in 2039 on the availability of mortgages for properties at high risk of flooding.
Answer · 25 Jun 2026
Government is engaging with the insurance industry and other stakeholders to examine whether the rationale to end the Flood Re scheme in 2039 as planned remains appropriate, or whether we need reconsider this timing in the light of the challenges of clima...
Flood Re
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with the insurance industry about extending Flood Re beyond 2039.
Answer · 25 Jun 2026
Government is engaging with the insurance industry and other stakeholders to examine whether the rationale to end the Flood Re scheme in 2039 as planned remains appropriate, or whether we need reconsider this timing in the light of the challenges of clima...
Early day motions
| 10 Feb 2026 | Councillor Stephen Lismore | 6 sig. |
| 13 Sep 2021 | Emma Raducanu, 2021 US Open women's champion | 21 sig. |
| 3 Mar 2020 | Six Nations Rugby broadcasting rights | 1 sig. |
| 7 May 2019 | FUNDING FORMULA FOR EDUCATION HEALTH AND CARE PLANS | 55 sig. |
| 26 Mar 2019 | REVIEW OF THE PUBS CODE | 1 sig. |
| 26 Mar 2019 | REVIEW OF PUBS CODE | 25 sig. |
Speeches in the chamber
15 Jul 2026 National Energy System Operator: Blackout Risk
I commend my hon. Friend’s approach. He is right to say that these allegations are incredibly serious, and that it is crucially important not only for there to be a full investigation but for it to be seen to be independent so that people …
13 Jul 2026 State of Climate and Nature
I welcome the Government’s statement. My hon. Friend the Minister is right to say that climate change drives nature loss and nature loss drives climate change—we must tackle them hand in hand. I met this week with Moors for the Future, who…
13 Jul 2026 Local Government Reorganisation
As a former councillor on Chesterfield borough council—and given the excellent record that Labour has had there over the last 15 years—I think it will be a shame when the borough council ceases to exist and we move towards unitary authorit…
13 Jul 2026 Topical Questions
Migrants who come here to work in our national health service and in other crucial sectors are tremendously welcome and should be encouraged, but I have seen surprising cases in Chesterfield because of the number of familial applications t…
9 Jul 2026 Topical Questions
The biggest cause of river pollution is agricultural run-off. Will the Secretary of State ensure that, through the sustainable farming measures, she is prioritising farms that are taking action on agricultural run-off? Will she confirm tha…
7 Jul 2026 Large-scale Solar Farms
My right hon. Friend took office shortly after the fiasco of the contracts for difference auction under the previous Government, which did not get a single megawatt of new energy proposed. Since then, we have had tremendous success in boos…
1 Jul 2026 Flood Insurance: Reform of Flood Re
The 500 households in Chesterfield that were flooded during Storm Babet, almost all of which were in council tax bands A and B, will welcome the Government’s intention to make sure that this scheme remains sustainable. It is important to r…
29 Jun 2026 Asylum Accommodation
The Minister is right that all we saw under the previous Government were the numbers going in the wrong direction and the operation of Government coming to a standstill. Of course, we should never forget the role of the right hon. Member f…
29 Jun 2026 Topical Questions
T7. Support for young people wanting access to the world of work has never been more crucial, but the success of youth hubs will depend on their ability to connect with, be useful to and understand the needs of employers. What steps wil…
24 Jun 2026 Climate Change
What my hon. Friend has just revealed is absolutely shocking. Does that not show that even at a local authority level, Reform will put its ideology in the way of helping businesses and individuals to bring their bills down?
24 Jun 2026 Climate Change
Will my hon. Friend give way?
24 Jun 2026 Climate Change
Well, I think they might be laughing at him, but I do not think they are laughing at all of us. The hon. Member is talking about our climate leadership as though we should be ashamed of it, but the reality is that China installed more sola…
24 Jun 2026 Climate Change
Absolutely, Madam Deputy Speaker; I will move straight on. Secondly, we heard again and again from businesses that long-term policy certainty and delivery across Government was crucial. Thirdly, we heard that fairness was key. The green…
24 Jun 2026 Climate Change
My hon. Friend makes an important point, and I will come to the zero emission vehicle mandate shortly. I agree with the shadow Secretary of State that we need to be careful that we do not just offshore emissions, so I will come to some of …
24 Jun 2026 Climate Change
There are many different things that impact energy prices. We have seen £150 taken off the price of bills. I think there is more that can be done to reduce electricity prices, and I will come to that. The reality is that the hon. Gentle…
24 Jun 2026 Climate Change
That is a very good place to start, because the shadow Secretary of State suggested that the Climate Change Committee has attempted to silence her. It has not attempted to silence her. What it attempted to do, on a point of fact, was infor…
24 Jun 2026 Climate Change
I very much welcome the draft Carbon Budget Order 2026, which sets the level of the seventh carbon budget on the way to our long-term and previously cross-party aim to balance the UK’s carbon emissions by 2050. I have to say that the sp…
24 Jun 2026 Climate Change
I am happy to do so. Is the right hon. Member aware of the evidence from the Climate Change Committee that says that the cost of doing nothing is more expensive than the cost of everything that is needed for net zero? When she attempts to …
24 Jun 2026 Climate Change
Will the right hon. Member give way?
24 Jun 2026 Taxation (Energy and Vehicles)
I do not intend to detain the House for long. I welcome the motion to increase the electricity generator levy, which—alongside the Government’s plans to encourage participation at a competitive price in long-term fixed contracts for low-c…
Source: contributions on parliament.uk.
Full parliamentary career
Opposition posts
- Shadow Minister (Nature and Rural Affairs) · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 5 Sep 2023 – 30 May 2024
- Shadow Minister (Education) · Department for Education 10 Apr 2020 – 5 Sep 2023
- Shadow Minister (Defence) · Ministry of Defence 18 Sep 2015 – 27 Jun 2016
- Shadow Minister (Business, Innovation and Skills) · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills 7 Oct 2011 – 18 Sep 2015
- Shadow Minister (Education) · Department for Education 8 Oct 2010 – 7 Oct 2011
Committee memberships
- Lifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) Bill 15 Mar 2023 – 23 Mar 2023
- Skills and Post-16 Education [HL] Bill 24 Nov 2021 – 7 Dec 2021
- Education (Careers Guidance in Schools) Bill 22 Sep 2021 – 27 Oct 2021
- Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee 2 Mar 2020 – 11 May 2020
- Home Affairs Committee 8 May 2019 – 6 Nov 2019
- International Trade Committee 31 Oct 2016 – 3 May 2017
- Statutory Instruments (Select Committee) 12 Jul 2010 – 30 Mar 2015
- Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee) 12 Jul 2010 – 30 Mar 2015
- Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee 12 Jul 2010 – 2 Nov 2010
Previous seats
- Chesterfield · Elected 4 times 6 May 2010 – 30 May 2024
Expenses
Contact & offices
020 7219 2320
Parliamentary office
House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Constituency office
113 Saltergate, Chesterfield, S40 1NF
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about Mr Toby Perkins, answered from official Parliament data.
Who is Mr Toby Perkins?
Mr Toby Perkins is a Member of Parliament representing Chesterfield in the House of Commons. See Mr Toby Perkins's official Parliament profile.
Which party does Mr Toby Perkins represent?
Mr Toby Perkins sits as Labour. See Mr Toby Perkins's official Parliament profile.
Which constituency does Mr Toby Perkins represent?
Mr Toby Perkins is the Member of Parliament for Chesterfield. See Mr Toby Perkins's official Parliament profile.
How long has Mr Toby Perkins been an MP?
Mr Toby Perkins has served in the House of Commons for 16 years, 2 months. See Mr Toby Perkins's official Parliament profile.
What registered interests are listed for Mr Toby Perkins?
Mr Toby Perkins has 6 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests. See Mr Toby Perkins's official Parliament profile.
Source: this MP's official Parliament profile. Last updated 26 Jul 2026.