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Luke Akehurst vs Sir Bernard Jenkin

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 Bernard Jenkin
Sir Bernard Jenkin
Con Harwich and North Essex

Voting alignment

Luke Akehurst and Sir Bernard Jenkin voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 350 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 342 different votes 350 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 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 18% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 6 No
Benefits 17% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 6 No
Migration 10% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
13 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 38 shared votes
24 Aye 14 No
28 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 57 shared votes
29 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 57 shared votes
29 Aye 28 No
17 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
13 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No
18 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
14 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 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
79.6%
7% above average
Rank 206 of 650
531
627 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,921
2,413 eligible divisions
269
50.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
910
47.4% of votes cast
262
49.3% of votes cast
No votes
1,011
52.6% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
21
1.1% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
34 years, 6 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

73
-20.6 vs Commons average
Rank 340 of 650
Appearances
130
+36.4 vs Commons average
Rank 127 of 650
138
-24.9 vs Commons average
Rank 271 of 650
Contributions
228
+65.1 vs Commons average
Rank 127 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
£2,529,411
all imported IPSA years
£202,750
10% below average
Latest expenses
£260,047
15% above average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
9
5 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
32 of 32 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
205 of 212 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Migration
158 of 171 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#3
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#5
Trade
84 of 94 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
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 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
Where they voted the same
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
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
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