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Luke Akehurst vs Kirsty Blackman

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Luke Akehurst and Kirsty Blackman voted the same way 45% of the time, based on 143 shared comparable votes.

65 same votes 78 different votes 143 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
23 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 82% aligned 28 shared votes
22 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 75% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 1 No
Education 75% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
3 Aye 6 No
Migration 67% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 2 No
Transport 60% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 4 No
Energy 13% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 3 No
Defence 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
21 Aye 14 No
Tax 17% aligned 35 shared votes
20 Aye 15 No
6 Aye 0 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 11 No
Benefits 35% aligned 17 shared votes
11 Aye 6 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
55.9%
17% below average
Rank 601 of 649
496
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,328
2,376 eligible divisions
250
50.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
757
57.0% of votes cast
246
49.6% of votes cast
No votes
571
43.0% 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
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

63
-20.7 vs Commons average
Rank 354 of 649
Appearances
88
+4.3 vs Commons average
Rank 224 of 649
121
-24.9 vs Commons average
Rank 270 of 649
Contributions
129
-16.9 vs Commons average
Rank 248 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
£2,143,527
all imported IPSA years
£202,750
10% below average
Latest expenses
£320,448
42% above average
8
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
200 of 211 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Trade
80 of 91 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#4
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#5
Migration
135 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API