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Luke Akehurst vs Sarah Owen

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 Sarah Owen
Sarah Owen
Lab Luton North

Voting alignment

Luke Akehurst and Sarah Owen voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 330 shared comparable votes.

330 same votes 0 different votes 330 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
20 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 53 shared votes
20 Aye 33 No
13 Aye 19 No
Defence 100% aligned 32 shared votes
13 Aye 19 No
8 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 29 shared votes
8 Aye 21 No
21 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 29 shared votes
21 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 53 shared votes
20 Aye 33 No
13 Aye 19 No
Defence 100% aligned 32 shared votes
13 Aye 19 No
8 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 29 shared votes
8 Aye 21 No
21 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 29 shared votes
21 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

84.1%
11% above average
Rank 112 of 649
Participation
66.9%
6% below average
Rank 481 of 649
496
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,109
1,658 eligible divisions
250
50.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
568
51.2% of votes cast
246
49.6% of votes cast
No votes
541
48.8% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

63
-20.6 vs Commons average
Rank 354 of 650
Appearances
60
-23.6 vs Commons average
Rank 375 of 650
121
-24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 270 of 650
Contributions
72
-73.7 vs Commons average
Rank 437 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
£998,822
all imported IPSA years
£202,750
10% below average
Latest expenses
£276,668
22% above average
8
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
1 registered category
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
Foreign Affairs
48 of 50 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Defence
58 of 70 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
51 of 63 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#4
Migration
121 of 154 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#5
Work / Employment
50 of 67 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API