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Luke Akehurst vs Rachel Hopkins

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 Rachel Hopkins
Rachel Hopkins
Lab Luton South and South Bedfordshire

Voting alignment

Luke Akehurst and Rachel Hopkins voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 433 shared comparable votes.

433 same votes 0 different votes 433 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
35 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 68 shared votes
35 Aye 33 No
25 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 50 shared votes
25 Aye 25 No
23 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 39 shared votes
23 Aye 16 No
20 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
22 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
22 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 68 shared votes
35 Aye 33 No
25 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 50 shared votes
25 Aye 25 No
23 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 39 shared votes
23 Aye 16 No
20 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
22 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
22 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

82.9 %
10 % above average
Rank 151 of 647
Participation
84.5 %
11 % above average
Rank 117 of 647
442
533 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,353
1,601 eligible divisions
229
51.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
725
53.6 % of votes cast
213
48.2 % of votes cast
No votes
628
46.4 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

53
-9.7 vs Commons average
Rank 315 of 647
Appearances
78
+15.3 vs Commons average
Rank 163 of 647
79
-33.7 vs Commons average
Rank 321 of 647
Contributions
93
-19.7 vs Commons average
Rank 262 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£202,750
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,064,817
all imported IPSA years
£202,750
10 % below average
Latest expenses
£253,152
12 % above average
8
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
Housing
52 of 53 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
39 of 41 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#3
Education
64 of 68 votes
Migration
11 of 11 votes
#4
Migration
141 of 152 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 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 Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API