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Luke Akehurst vs Jesse Norman

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 Jesse Norman
Jesse Norman
Con Hereford and South Herefordshire

Voting alignment

Luke Akehurst and Jesse Norman voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 349 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 342 different votes 349 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
11 Aye 7 No
Benefits 11% aligned 18 shared votes
5 Aye 13 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
20 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 44 shared votes
23 Aye 21 No
9 Aye 15 No
Defence 4% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 No
22 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 52 shared votes
30 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 52 shared votes
30 Aye 22 No
32 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 38 shared votes
6 Aye 32 No
18 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
9 Aye 18 No
15 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
12 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 19 shared votes
7 Aye 12 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
72.1%
same as average
Rank 382 of 650
531
627 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,739
2,413 eligible divisions
269
50.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
799
45.9% of votes cast
262
49.3% of votes cast
No votes
940
54.1% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

73
-20.6 vs Commons average
Rank 340 of 650
Appearances
59
-34.6 vs Commons average
Rank 435 of 650
138
-24.9 vs Commons average
Rank 271 of 650
Contributions
111
-51.9 vs Commons average
Rank 348 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
£1,812,464
all imported IPSA years
£202,750
10% below average
Latest expenses
£134,182
41% below average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
9
4 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
Trade
90 of 94 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
200 of 212 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
56 of 66 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge 3 Nov 2026
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty 3 Nov 2026
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
No
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
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
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: Amendment 9 20 Oct 2025
Defence
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
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