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Luke Akehurst vs Gareth Thomas

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 Gareth Thomas
Gareth Thomas
Lab Harrow West

Voting alignment

Luke Akehurst and Gareth Thomas voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 327 shared comparable votes.

327 same votes 0 different votes 327 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
32 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 60 shared votes
32 Aye 28 No
11 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No
9 Aye 18 No
Defence 100% aligned 27 shared votes
9 Aye 18 No
18 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
20 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 22 shared votes
20 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 60 shared votes
32 Aye 28 No
11 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No
9 Aye 18 No
Defence 100% aligned 27 shared votes
9 Aye 18 No
18 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
20 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 22 shared votes
20 Aye 2 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
66.5%
6% below average
Rank 491 of 649
496
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,581
2,376 eligible divisions
250
50.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
56.7% of votes cast
246
49.6% of votes cast
No votes
684
43.3% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

63
-20.6 vs Commons average
Rank 354 of 650
Appearances
43
-40.6 vs Commons average
Rank 494 of 650
121
-24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 270 of 650
Contributions
48
-97.7 vs Commons average
Rank 515 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
£2,854,227
all imported IPSA years
£202,750
10% below average
Latest expenses
£293,113
30% above average
8
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
14
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
180 of 211 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Defence
59 of 71 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#4
Transport
70 of 95 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#5
Trade
67 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
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