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Luke Akehurst vs Lucy Powell

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 Lucy Powell
Lucy Powell
Lab Manchester Central

Voting alignment

Luke Akehurst and Lucy Powell voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 339 shared comparable votes.

339 same votes 0 different votes 339 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
25 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 54 shared votes
25 Aye 29 No
29 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
29 Aye 7 No
20 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
20 Aye 15 No
13 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 33 shared votes
13 Aye 20 No
11 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 54 shared votes
25 Aye 29 No
29 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
29 Aye 7 No
20 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
20 Aye 15 No
13 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 33 shared votes
13 Aye 20 No
11 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

83.8 %
11 % above average
Rank 122 of 649
Participation
65.9 %
7 % below average
Rank 503 of 649
482
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,555
2,361 eligible divisions
246
51.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
875
56.3 % of votes cast
236
49.0 % of votes cast
No votes
680
43.7 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
13 years, 8 months
Since 15 Nov 2012

Debates

64
-14.1 vs Commons average
Rank 328 of 649
Appearances
6
-72.1 vs Commons average
Rank 621 of 649
111
-27.6 vs Commons average
Rank 273 of 649
Contributions
96
-42.6 vs Commons average
Rank 328 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
£2,425,912
all imported IPSA years
£202,750
10 % below average
Latest expenses
£249,415
10 % above average
8
3 registered categories
Registered interests
14
5 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
Work / Employment
67 of 77 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Education
82 of 96 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
53 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#5
Defence
51 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

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

Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
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