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Luke Akehurst vs Chris Bloore

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 Chris Bloore
Chris Bloore
Lab Redditch

Voting alignment

Luke Akehurst and Chris Bloore voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 394 shared comparable votes.

392 same votes 2 different votes 394 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
24 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 52 shared votes
24 Aye 28 No
14 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 40 shared votes
14 Aye 26 No
19 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
19 Aye 15 No
24 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 29 shared votes
24 Aye 5 No
10 Aye 15 No
Defence 100% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 9 No
Benefits 91% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
24 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 52 shared votes
24 Aye 28 No
14 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 40 shared votes
14 Aye 26 No
19 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
19 Aye 15 No
24 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 29 shared votes
24 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

84.5%
12% above average
Rank 102 of 650
Participation
73.2%
1% above average
Rank 348 of 650
524
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
454
620 eligible divisions
262
50.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
220
48.5% of votes cast
262
50.0% of votes cast
No votes
234
51.5% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

73
-20.0 vs Commons average
Rank 339 of 650
Appearances
111
+18.0 vs Commons average
Rank 169 of 650
138
-24.0 vs Commons average
Rank 268 of 650
Contributions
125
-37.0 vs Commons average
Rank 310 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
£167,691
all imported IPSA years
£202,750
10% below average
Latest expenses
£167,691
26% below average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
32 of 32 votes
#1
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Transport
28 of 30 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#3
Migration
12 of 13 votes
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#4
Energy
18 of 20 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#5
Trade
9 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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