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Luke Akehurst vs Mr Alistair Carmichael

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


Voting alignment

Luke Akehurst and Mr Alistair Carmichael voted the same way 21% of the time, based on 257 shared comparable votes.

54 same votes 203 different votes 257 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
5 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 73% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 4 No
Energy 50% aligned 8 shared votes
8 Aye 0 No
4 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 43% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
8 Aye 7 No
Housing 40% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 0 No
Digital / Online Safety 40% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
1 Aye 5 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
1 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
25 Aye 23 No
Tax 6% aligned 48 shared votes
26 Aye 22 No
14 Aye 13 No
Education 7% aligned 27 shared votes
15 Aye 12 No
4 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 8% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

84.4%
12% above average
Rank 109 of 650
Participation
66.7%
6% below average
Rank 484 of 650
507
601 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,592
2,387 eligible divisions
256
50.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
915
57.5% of votes cast
251
49.5% of votes cast
No votes
677
42.5% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
25 years, 4 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

67
-18.5 vs Commons average
Rank 336 of 650
Appearances
81
-4.5 vs Commons average
Rank 272 of 650
127
-22.0 vs Commons average
Rank 262 of 650
Contributions
123
-26.0 vs Commons average
Rank 277 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
£3,256,569
all imported IPSA years
£202,750
10% below average
Latest expenses
£319,374
41% above average
8
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
4 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
13
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
191 of 211 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
60 of 70 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 49 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
180 of 234 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API