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Luke Akehurst vs Laura Kyrke-Smith

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 Laura Kyrke-Smith
Laura Kyrke-Smith
Lab Aylesbury

Voting alignment

Luke Akehurst and Laura Kyrke-Smith voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 418 shared comparable votes.

418 same votes 0 different votes 418 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
34 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 65 shared votes
34 Aye 31 No
25 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 50 shared votes
25 Aye 25 No
23 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 37 shared votes
23 Aye 14 No
27 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
27 Aye 5 No
19 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 65 shared votes
34 Aye 31 No
25 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 50 shared votes
25 Aye 25 No
23 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 37 shared votes
23 Aye 14 No
27 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
27 Aye 5 No
19 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

83.1 %
10 % above average
Rank 147 of 647
Participation
88.6 %
16 % above average
Rank 46 of 647
446
537 eligible divisions
Total votes
476
537 eligible divisions
230
51.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
242
50.8 % of votes cast
216
48.4 % of votes cast
No votes
234
49.2 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

58
-5.6 vs Commons average
Rank 280 of 647
Appearances
86
+22.4 vs Commons average
Rank 139 of 647
84
-29.8 vs Commons average
Rank 304 of 647
Contributions
102
-11.8 vs Commons average
Rank 240 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£202,750
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£198,951
all imported IPSA years
£202,750
10 % below average
Latest expenses
£198,951
12 % below average
8
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 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
31 of 31 votes
#1
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Migration
11 of 11 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
6 of 6 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 8 Jun 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API