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Chesterfield

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Apr 2026

A safe Lab seat, won with 46% of the vote in 2024. Covers Chesterfield, Brimington and Staveley (Chesterfield). Population 95,504. Median income £24K (below average).

Toby Perkins is making his mark as Chair of the Environmental Audit Committee, recently leading an inquiry into whether the Treasury is undermining climate and nature commitments -- a direct challenge to his own government's priorities. He has also publicly pressed for stronger regulation of PFAS "forever chemicals" amid cancer risks to firefighters, putting worker safety at the centre of his committee work. On the assisted dying bill, he backed a new clause expanding guidance requirements -- a departure from the majority Labour position -- and he broke ranks again in June 2025 by voting against a Crime and Policing Bill package that included criminalising organised begging and removing limitation periods in child sexual abuse cases, placing him noticeably below his party on both tough-on-crime (22%) and anti-sexual-exploitation measures (33% versus Labour's 64%).

A 99.5% party-line voter overall, Perkins sits just below the Commons average on participation at 76%. His parliamentary activity clusters heavily around economy and jobs, environment, local government, and energy -- consistent with his committee focus. He scores 100% on progressive taxation votes and 93% on housing development, but is markedly less aligned with his party on immigration control (20% versus Labour's 36%) and parliamentary and Lords scrutiny (5% and 0% respectively), reflecting consistent support for government majorities against Lords amendments.

369
Commons votes
This parliament
£24k
Median income
HMRC · 2024
71.6k
Electorate
2024 GE

Lab held for 5 consecutive elections.

Current Member of Parliament

Toby Perkins

Toby Perkins

Labour Party

Mr Toby Perkins is the Labour MP for Chesterfield, and has been an MP continually since 6 May 2010.

Notable Votes

Vote on a package of government new clauses to the Crime and Policing Bill at Report Stage, covering measures including: criminalising organising begging for profit, stronger protections for emergency workers against racial and religious abuse, removing the limitation period in child sexual abuse cases, and new offences around internal concealment of items for criminal purposes. The large Aye majority reflects broad government support for these law and order measures.

MP voted NoAgainst party majorityLikely whipped

Vote on New Clause 2 to the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, debated alongside related amendments including provisions on guidance, devolution, and regulatory consultation. The excerpts focus on New Clause 20, which would require the Secretary of State to issue guidance (consulting chief medical officers and palliative/hospice care providers) and enable Welsh Ministers to issue guidance on devolved health matters.

MP voted YesAgainst party majority

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Voting at a Glance

A safe Lab seat, won with 46% of the vote in 2024. Covers Chesterfield, Brimington and Staveley (Chesterfield). Population 95,504. Median income £24K (below average).

2024 General Election

§ 06This week in Westminster.Live · today’s sittingOrder Paper · refreshed daily

Perkins’s scheduled Commons activity this week — whipped divisions, oral questions, debates — drawn from the House of Commons Order Paper.

§ 07The record, at a glance.384 divisions voted

Two readings of the same data. Issue volume shows where Perkins has cast the most ballots — a proxy for engagement, not direction. Notable votes are the moments where the whip was free or where they broke ranks.

Issue volume
Top issues by total divisions voted · cumulative this Parliament
Taxation
67
Economy
62
Crime & Policing
39
Employment
34
Education
28
Welfare and Benefits
28
Notable votes
Free votes and rebellions — moments the MP’s own judgment matters more than the whip
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 117 Jun 2025
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 213 Jun 2025 · free vote
Aye
§ 08The local picture.13 wards

Constituencies are not uniform. Below — the local council make-up, key facts worth knowing, and the neighbouring seats on either side.

WardCouncillorVotesParty
Brampton East BoythorpeGlenys Falconer528Liberal
Brampton East BoythorpeJonathan Davies566Labour P
Brampton West Loundsley GreenBob Brock987Labour P
Brampton West Loundsley GreenMartin Stone977Labour P
Brampton West Loundsley GreenShirley Anne Niblock971Liberal
Brimington NorthDavid Raymond Culley604Labour P
Brimington NorthSuzie Francis Perkins525Labour P
Brimington SouthIan Callan638Labour P
Brimington SouthTricia Gilby667Labour P
BrockwellKatherine Elizabeth Hollingworth685Liberal
BrockwellMaureen Davenport737Liberal
DunstonGordon Alexander McLaren743Labour P
Population (2021 Census)
95,504
Electorate 71,645 · 2024 register
Median income
£24,000
HMRC SPI 2024
Households renting privately
16.4%
England average 20.0%
Schools
45
32 primary · 6 secondary
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