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Luke Akehurst vs Dr Andrew Murrison

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 Dr Andrew Murrison
Dr Andrew Murrison
Con South West Wiltshire

Voting alignment

Luke Akehurst and Dr Andrew Murrison voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 425 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 418 different votes 425 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
1 Aye 4 No
NHS / Health 20% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
1 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 No
15 Aye 8 No
Benefits 9% aligned 23 shared votes
6 Aye 17 No
22 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 43 shared votes
20 Aye 23 No
34 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
36 Aye 34 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
36 Aye 34 No
32 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 40 shared votes
8 Aye 32 No
22 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
12 Aye 22 No
19 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
13 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 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
83.1%
11% above average
Rank 130 of 650
524
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,999
2,406 eligible divisions
262
50.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
956
47.8% of votes cast
262
50.0% of votes cast
No votes
1,043
52.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
25 years, 4 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

74
-17.0 vs Commons average
Rank 329 of 650
Appearances
266
+175.0 vs Commons average
Rank 9 of 650
138
-20.5 vs Commons average
Rank 262 of 650
Contributions
339
+180.5 vs Commons average
Rank 53 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
£1,842,285
all imported IPSA years
£202,750
10% below average
Latest expenses
£170,920
24% below average
8
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
4 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
205 of 212 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
47 of 49 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#3
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#4
Migration
154 of 171 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#5
Work / Employment
72 of 80 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Third Reading 26 Mar 2025
NHS / Health
Aye
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Voting source Commons Votes API