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Luke Akehurst vs Dame Karen Bradley

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 Dame Karen Bradley
Dame Karen Bradley
Con Staffordshire Moorlands

Voting alignment

Luke Akehurst and Dame Karen Bradley voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 229 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 226 different votes 229 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
5 Aye 6 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 No
21 Aye 17 No
Tax 0% aligned 38 shared votes
17 Aye 21 No
24 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
1 Aye 24 No
14 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 17 No
Tax 0% aligned 38 shared votes
17 Aye 21 No
24 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
1 Aye 24 No
14 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No
10 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
6 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

83.0 %
10 % above average
Rank 145 of 647
Participation
67.4 %
6 % below average
Rank 481 of 647
450
542 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,569
2,328 eligible divisions
231
51.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
733
46.7 % of votes cast
219
48.7 % of votes cast
No votes
836
53.3 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
6
0.4 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

60
-5.5 vs Commons average
Rank 277 of 647
Appearances
47
-18.5 vs Commons average
Rank 390 of 647
86
-30.9 vs Commons average
Rank 307 of 647
Contributions
51
-65.9 vs Commons average
Rank 463 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£202,750
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,878,658
all imported IPSA years
£202,750
10 % below average
Latest expenses
£283,093
25 % above average
8
3 registered categories
Registered interests
12
3 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
11
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
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
50 of 60 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#3
Trade
72 of 88 votes
Migration
11 of 11 votes
#4
Work / Employment
59 of 75 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 43 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API