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Luke Akehurst vs Lewis Cocking

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 Lewis Cocking
Lewis Cocking
Con Broxbourne

Voting alignment

Luke Akehurst and Lewis Cocking voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 386 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 379 different votes 386 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
3 Aye 6 No
Migration 11% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
15 Aye 8 No
Benefits 9% aligned 23 shared votes
6 Aye 17 No
21 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 45 shared votes
23 Aye 22 No
29 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 60 shared votes
31 Aye 29 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 60 shared votes
31 Aye 29 No
29 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 37 shared votes
8 Aye 29 No
17 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
13 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
16 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 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
77.8%
5% above average
Rank 249 of 649
492
586 eligible divisions
Total votes
456
586 eligible divisions
247
50.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
210
46.1% of votes cast
245
49.8% of votes cast
No votes
246
53.9% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

63
-17.6 vs Commons average
Rank 342 of 649
Appearances
108
+27.4 vs Commons average
Rank 137 of 649
121
-19.5 vs Commons average
Rank 243 of 649
Contributions
160
+19.5 vs Commons average
Rank 172 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
£181,438
all imported IPSA years
£202,750
10% below average
Latest expenses
£181,438
20% below average
8
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
1 registered category
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
31 of 31 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
21 of 24 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
54 of 62 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#5
Trade
6 of 7 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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 Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
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
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
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