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Luke Akehurst vs Harriet Cross

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 Harriet Cross
Harriet Cross
Con Gordon and Buchan

Voting alignment

Luke Akehurst and Harriet Cross voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 353 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 346 different votes 353 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
2 Aye 5 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
12 Aye 8 No
Benefits 10% aligned 20 shared votes
6 Aye 14 No
5 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
17 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 42 shared votes
24 Aye 18 No
37 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 65 shared votes
28 Aye 37 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 65 shared votes
28 Aye 37 No
20 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
12 Aye 20 No
13 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No
12 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

84.7%
12% above average
Rank 99 of 650
Participation
72.4%
same as average
Rank 370 of 650
531
627 eligible divisions
Total votes
454
627 eligible divisions
269
50.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
213
46.9% of votes cast
262
49.3% of votes cast
No votes
241
53.1% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

73
-21.4 vs Commons average
Rank 343 of 650
Appearances
117
+22.6 vs Commons average
Rank 157 of 650
138
-26.5 vs Commons average
Rank 278 of 650
Contributions
202
+37.5 vs Commons average
Rank 164 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
£178,612
all imported IPSA years
£202,750
10% below average
Latest expenses
£178,612
21% below average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
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
32 of 32 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#3
Tax
105 of 121 votes
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#4
Housing
27 of 32 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
53 of 66 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Tax Transport
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
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
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
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API