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Luke Akehurst vs Mrs Kemi Badenoch

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 Mrs Kemi Badenoch
Mrs Kemi Badenoch
Con North West Essex

Voting alignment

Luke Akehurst and Mrs Kemi Badenoch voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 162 shared comparable votes.

1 same votes 161 different votes 162 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 5 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
22 Aye 16 No
Tax 0% aligned 38 shared votes
16 Aye 22 No
9 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
9 Aye 4 No
Education 0% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 16 No
Tax 0% aligned 38 shared votes
16 Aye 22 No
9 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
9 Aye 4 No
Education 0% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 5 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

84.5%
12% above average
Rank 102 of 650
Participation
66.6%
6% below average
Rank 482 of 650
523
619 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,432
2,150 eligible divisions
261
49.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
709
49.5% of votes cast
262
50.1% of votes cast
No votes
723
50.5% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
3
0.2% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

73
-17.0 vs Commons average
Rank 329 of 650
Appearances
70
-20.0 vs Commons average
Rank 347 of 650
136
-20.6 vs Commons average
Rank 257 of 650
Contributions
306
+149.4 vs Commons average
Rank 69 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
£1,740,878
all imported IPSA years
£202,750
10% below average
Latest expenses
£278,687
23% above average
8
3 registered categories
Registered interests
19
5 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
168 of 189 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Trade
76 of 90 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#3
Migration
134 of 163 votes
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
36 of 47 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#5
Energy
45 of 59 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Programme Motion 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Opposition Day motion: Inheritance Tax 14 Oct 2026
Tax
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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