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Luke Akehurst vs Sir Alec Shelbrooke

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 Sir Alec Shelbrooke
Sir Alec Shelbrooke
Con Wetherby and Easingwold

Voting alignment

Luke Akehurst and Sir Alec Shelbrooke voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 292 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 288 different votes 292 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
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 10% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
23 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 50 shared votes
27 Aye 23 No
12 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
19 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 50 shared votes
27 Aye 23 No
12 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
19 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
16 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 No
20 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
2 Aye 20 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
72.1%
same as average
Rank 380 of 650
523
619 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,734
2,405 eligible divisions
261
49.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
799
46.1% of votes cast
262
50.1% of votes cast
No votes
935
53.9% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

73
-15.8 vs Commons average
Rank 322 of 650
Appearances
146
+57.2 vs Commons average
Rank 88 of 650
136
-18.6 vs Commons average
Rank 249 of 650
Contributions
182
+27.4 vs Commons average
Rank 173 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
£2,686,484
all imported IPSA years
£202,750
10% below average
Latest expenses
£274,658
21% above average
8
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
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
203 of 212 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
77 of 82 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#3
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#4
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#5
Trade
86 of 94 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
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
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
Where they voted the same
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
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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