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Luke Akehurst vs Paul Holmes

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

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Luke Akehurst
Lab North Durham
vs
Photograph of Paul Holmes
Paul Holmes
Con Hamble Valley

Voting alignment

Luke Akehurst and Paul Holmes voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 351 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 343 different votes 351 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 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
10 Aye 7 No
Benefits 12% aligned 17 shared votes
5 Aye 12 No
5 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
22 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 47 shared votes
24 Aye 23 No
25 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 54 shared votes
29 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 54 shared votes
29 Aye 25 No
27 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
2 Aye 27 No
17 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
9 Aye 17 No
11 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 No
15 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 19 shared votes
4 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

84.7%
12% above average
Rank 99 of 650
Participation
85.0%
13% above average
Rank 90 of 650
531
627 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,441
1,695 eligible divisions
269
50.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
716
49.7% of votes cast
262
49.3% of votes cast
No votes
725
50.3% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

73
-20.6 vs Commons average
Rank 340 of 650
Appearances
115
+21.4 vs Commons average
Rank 158 of 650
138
-24.9 vs Commons average
Rank 271 of 650
Contributions
324
+161.1 vs Commons average
Rank 65 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
£1,091,272
all imported IPSA years
£202,750
10% below average
Latest expenses
£234,722
4% above average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
64 of 64 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 63 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 45 votes
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#4
Trade
53 of 56 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge 3 Nov 2026
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty 3 Nov 2026
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
No
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
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
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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