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Luke Akehurst vs Jim Shannon

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 Jim Shannon
Jim Shannon
DUP Strangford

Voting alignment

Luke Akehurst and Jim Shannon voted the same way 12% of the time, based on 452 shared comparable votes.

52 same votes 400 different votes 452 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
12 Aye 10 No
Housing 45% aligned 22 shared votes
16 Aye 6 No
15 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 26% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 No
16 Aye 13 No
Benefits 21% aligned 29 shared votes
11 Aye 18 No
5 Aye 0 No
Digital / Online Safety 20% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
0 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
35 Aye 37 No
Tax 3% aligned 72 shared votes
39 Aye 33 No
8 Aye 15 No
Transport 4% aligned 23 shared votes
16 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

84.0%
11% above average
Rank 113 of 649
Participation
85.3%
13% above average
Rank 87 of 649
493
587 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,025
2,373 eligible divisions
248
50.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,049
51.8% of votes cast
245
49.7% of votes cast
No votes
976
48.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
24
1.2% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

63
-17.7 vs Commons average
Rank 345 of 649
Appearances
1,257
+1176.3 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 649
121
-19.6 vs Commons average
Rank 254 of 649
Contributions
1,596
+1455.4 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£202,750
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,371,512
all imported IPSA years
£202,750
10% below average
Latest expenses
£293,632
30% above average
8
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
205 of 211 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
63 of 66 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#5
Benefits
74 of 81 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Where they voted the same
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Draft Energy Prices Act 2022 (Extension of Time Limit) Regulations 2026 22 Apr 2026
Cost of Living Energy
Aye
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 98 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to agree with all remaining Lords Amendments 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Opposition Day: Protections for children from online harms 24 Feb 2026
Education
No
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading 23 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Referendums Relating to Council Tax Increases (Principles) (England) Report 2026-27 11 Feb 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Local Government Finance Report (England) 2026-27 11 Feb 2026
Devolution / Local Government Tax
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 2 27 Jan 2026
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API