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Luke Akehurst vs Blake Stephenson

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

Photograph of Luke Akehurst
Luke Akehurst
Lab North Durham
vs
Photograph of Blake Stephenson
Blake Stephenson
Con Mid Bedfordshire

Voting alignment

Luke Akehurst and Blake Stephenson voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 335 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 329 different votes 335 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
3 Aye 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
15 Aye 7 No
Benefits 9% aligned 22 shared votes
5 Aye 17 No
21 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 41 shared votes
19 Aye 22 No
27 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 58 shared votes
31 Aye 27 No
22 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
8 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 58 shared votes
31 Aye 27 No
22 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
8 Aye 22 No
19 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
11 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 26 shared votes
15 Aye 11 No
15 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 19 shared votes
4 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

83.5 %
11 % above average
Rank 130 of 650
Participation
71.9 %
1 % below average
Rank 387 of 650
466
558 eligible divisions
Total votes
401
558 eligible divisions
237
50.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
182
45.4 % of votes cast
229
49.1 % of votes cast
No votes
219
54.6 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

65
-4.8 vs Commons average
Rank 272 of 650
Appearances
68
-1.8 vs Commons average
Rank 257 of 650
115
-8.9 vs Commons average
Rank 219 of 650
Contributions
91
-32.9 vs Commons average
Rank 306 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£202,750
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£203,629
all imported IPSA years
£202,750
10 % below average
Latest expenses
£203,629
10 % below average
8
3 registered categories
Registered interests
7
5 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
31 of 31 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Work / Employment
31 of 37 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#3
Tax
89 of 108 votes
Migration
11 of 11 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
50 of 61 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#5
Defence
27 of 33 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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