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Luke Akehurst vs Sir Iain Duncan Smith

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Luke Akehurst and Sir Iain Duncan Smith voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 332 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 326 different votes 332 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 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
13 Aye 8 No
Benefits 10% aligned 21 shared votes
6 Aye 15 No
18 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 40 shared votes
21 Aye 19 No
31 Aye 22 No
Tax 0% aligned 53 shared votes
22 Aye 31 No
23 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
5 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 22 No
Tax 0% aligned 53 shared votes
22 Aye 31 No
23 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
5 Aye 23 No
19 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
19 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
12 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% 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

83.5 %
11 % above average
Rank 130 of 650
Participation
81.6 %
9 % above average
Rank 171 of 650
466
558 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,913
2,344 eligible divisions
237
50.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
876
45.8 % of votes cast
229
49.1 % of votes cast
No votes
1,037
54.2 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
41
2.1 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
34 years, 2 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

65
-4.8 vs Commons average
Rank 272 of 650
Appearances
85
+15.2 vs Commons average
Rank 163 of 650
115
-8.9 vs Commons average
Rank 219 of 650
Contributions
161
+37.1 vs Commons average
Rank 142 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
£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
£202,750
10 % below average
Latest expenses
£265,254
17 % above average
8
3 registered categories
Registered interests
11
3 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
208 of 211 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#3
Housing
60 of 66 votes
Migration
11 of 11 votes
#4
Migration
152 of 169 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
197 of 229 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API