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Luke Akehurst vs David Mundell

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 David Mundell
David Mundell
Con Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale

Voting alignment

Luke Akehurst and David Mundell voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 246 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 242 different votes 246 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
14 Aye 7 No
Benefits 10% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No
15 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 27 shared votes
12 Aye 15 No
17 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 44 shared votes
27 Aye 17 No
14 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No
15 Aye 4 No
Education 0% aligned 19 shared votes
4 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 44 shared votes
27 Aye 17 No
14 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No
15 Aye 4 No
Education 0% aligned 19 shared votes
4 Aye 15 No
12 Aye 5 No
Housing 0% aligned 17 shared votes
5 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

84.1%
11% above average
Rank 112 of 649
Participation
67.7%
5% below average
Rank 470 of 649
496
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,609
2,376 eligible divisions
250
50.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
769
47.8% of votes cast
246
49.6% of votes cast
No votes
840
52.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

63
-19.3 vs Commons average
Rank 351 of 649
Appearances
121
+38.7 vs Commons average
Rank 109 of 649
121
-22.5 vs Commons average
Rank 263 of 649
Contributions
123
-20.5 vs Commons average
Rank 257 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£202,750
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,330,205
all imported IPSA years
£202,750
10% below average
Latest expenses
£330,224
46% above average
8
3 registered categories
Registered interests
10
4 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Brexit / EU
201 of 211 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
60 of 69 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#3
Trade
73 of 91 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#4
Migration
130 of 171 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
34 of 48 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 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
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
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