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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 272 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 268 different votes 272 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 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
8 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 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
8 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

83.8%
11% above average
Rank 121 of 649
Participation
72.4%
same as average
Rank 373 of 649
488
582 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,714
2,368 eligible divisions
247
50.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
786
45.9% of votes cast
241
49.4% of votes cast
No votes
928
54.1% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

65
-15.0 vs Commons average
Rank 334 of 649
Appearances
135
+55.0 vs Commons average
Rank 80 of 649
124
-15.4 vs Commons average
Rank 241 of 649
Contributions
173
+33.6 vs Commons average
Rank 158 of 649

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
31 of 31 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#4
Housing
61 of 66 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#5
Defence
65 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
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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