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Luke Akehurst vs Jack Rankin

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 Jack Rankin
Jack Rankin
Con Windsor

Voting alignment

Luke Akehurst and Jack Rankin voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 368 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 361 different votes 368 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
5 Aye 6 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
2 Aye 5 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
14 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 9% aligned 34 shared votes
19 Aye 15 No
5 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
25 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 56 shared votes
31 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 56 shared votes
31 Aye 25 No
32 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 40 shared votes
8 Aye 32 No
19 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
9 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
16 Aye 9 No
14 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 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
66.5%
6% below average
Rank 487 of 650
524
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
412
620 eligible divisions
262
50.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
194
47.1% of votes cast
262
50.0% of votes cast
No votes
218
52.9% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

73
-20.0 vs Commons average
Rank 339 of 650
Appearances
55
-38.0 vs Commons average
Rank 451 of 650
138
-24.0 vs Commons average
Rank 268 of 650
Contributions
67
-95.0 vs Commons average
Rank 482 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
£143,551
all imported IPSA years
£202,750
10% below average
Latest expenses
£143,551
37% below average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
15
6 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Work / Employment
41 of 42 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Housing
28 of 32 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
21 of 24 votes
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 14 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
8 of 10 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
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Programme Motion 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
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