Mr Toby Perkins
- Constituency
- Chesterfield
- Region
- England
- Member since
- 6 May 2010
This parliament
- Voting participation
- 77%
- Debates contributed to
- 160
- Registered interests
- 8
- Declared value
- £18,413
Record last updated 19 Sep 2026
Mr Toby Perkins is a Labour (Co-op) MP for Chesterfield who was elected to the current parliament on 5 July 2024 and is among the longest serving 10% of MPs and longest serving 10% of Labour (Co-op) MPs, having first been elected in May 2010. He has cast 455 votes out of 588 eligible divisions for a participation rate of 77%, and is in the top 25% of MPs elected in 2010 by votes cast. He has made 320 contributions across 160 debates out of 11,703 eligible debates, with his top debate topics being Environment & Climate, Energy & Utilities, and Other / Procedural, while his top voting topics have been Parliamentary Procedure, Employment & Workers Rights, and Justice & Law.
Summary generated on 18/09/2026 (View details)
VOTING PARTICIPATION
455 / 588
77.38%
Ranked #225 of 654 MPs (66th percentile)
DEBATE CONTRIBUTIONS
160 / 11739
320 total contributions
Ranked #259 of 654 MPs (61th percentile)
REGISTERED INTERESTS
8
£18,412.82
Ranked #370 of 654 MPs (44th percentile)
PARLIAMENTARY RECORD
Mr Toby Perkins is the Labour MP for Chesterfield, and has been an MP continually since 6 May 2010.
Constituencies
- Chesterfield May 2010 – present · 5 terms
Posts held
- Shadow Minister (Nature and Rural Affairs) Sep 2023 – May 2024 · Opposition
- Shadow Minister (Education) Apr 2020 – Sep 2023 · Opposition
- Shadow Minister (Defence) Sep 2015 – Jun 2016 · Opposition
- Shadow Minister (Business, Innovation and Skills) Oct 2011 – Sep 2015 · Opposition
- Shadow Minister (Education) Oct 2010 – Oct 2011 · Opposition