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Luke Akehurst vs Mark Pritchard

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 Mark Pritchard
Mark Pritchard
Con The Wrekin

Voting alignment

Luke Akehurst and Mark Pritchard voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 254 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 249 different votes 254 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
2 Aye 8 No
Benefits 30% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 13 shared votes
8 Aye 5 No
32 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 62 shared votes
30 Aye 32 No
15 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
12 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 62 shared votes
30 Aye 32 No
15 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
12 Aye 15 No
10 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No
17 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 18 shared votes
1 Aye 17 No
12 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 17 shared votes
5 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

83.5 %
11 % above average
Rank 127 of 650
Participation
64.8 %
8 % below average
Rank 519 of 650
472
565 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,523
2,351 eligible divisions
240
50.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
723
47.5 % of votes cast
232
49.2 % of votes cast
No votes
800
52.5 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
16
1.1 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
21 years, 2 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

66
-6.5 vs Commons average
Rank 288 of 650
Appearances
163
+90.5 vs Commons average
Rank 29 of 650
115
-13.7 vs Commons average
Rank 227 of 650
Contributions
195
+66.3 vs Commons average
Rank 111 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£202,750
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,150,580
all imported IPSA years
£202,750
10 % below average
Latest expenses
£174,182
23 % below average
8
3 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
198 of 211 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Migration
135 of 169 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
52 of 66 votes
Migration
11 of 11 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
51 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
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 50 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API