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Luke Akehurst vs Edward Argar

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 Edward Argar
Edward Argar
Con Melton and Syston

Voting alignment

Luke Akehurst and Edward Argar voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 367 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 361 different votes 367 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 8 No
Benefits 9% aligned 23 shared votes
6 Aye 17 No
19 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 42 shared votes
22 Aye 20 No
29 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 59 shared votes
30 Aye 29 No
27 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
8 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 59 shared votes
30 Aye 29 No
27 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
8 Aye 27 No
19 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
10 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No
16 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

83.3 %
11 % above average
Rank 134 of 650
Participation
90.2 %
17 % above average
Rank 19 of 650
459
551 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,109
2,337 eligible divisions
232
50.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,006
47.7 % of votes cast
227
49.5 % of votes cast
No votes
1,103
52.3 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
2
0.1 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

63
-4.5 vs Commons average
Rank 271 of 650
Appearances
63
-4.5 vs Commons average
Rank 272 of 650
93
-26.9 vs Commons average
Rank 284 of 650
Contributions
95
-24.9 vs Commons average
Rank 274 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
£1,201,891
all imported IPSA years
£202,750
10 % below average
Latest expenses
£201,413
11 % below average
8
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Brexit / EU
209 of 211 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Migration
163 of 169 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 45 votes
Migration
11 of 11 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 43 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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
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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