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Luke Akehurst vs Sir John Whittingdale

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


Voting alignment

Luke Akehurst and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 280 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 276 different votes 280 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
13 Aye 6 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
4 Aye 15 No
15 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 33 shared votes
16 Aye 17 No
24 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 53 shared votes
29 Aye 24 No
21 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
7 Aye 21 No
18 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
9 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 53 shared votes
29 Aye 24 No
21 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
7 Aye 21 No
18 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
9 Aye 18 No
16 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No
10 Aye 5 No
Housing 0% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

83.1 %
10 % above average
Rank 147 of 647
Participation
80.8 %
8 % above average
Rank 196 of 647
446
537 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,877
2,323 eligible divisions
230
51.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
891
47.5 % of votes cast
216
48.4 % of votes cast
No votes
986
52.5 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
34 years, 2 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

59
-4.6 vs Commons average
Rank 271 of 647
Appearances
67
+3.4 vs Commons average
Rank 213 of 647
85
-28.6 vs Commons average
Rank 299 of 647
Contributions
85
-28.6 vs Commons average
Rank 302 of 647

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£202,750
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£202,750
10 % below average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8 % above average
8
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
6 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
204 of 211 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Migration
156 of 169 votes
#3
Trade
80 of 88 votes
Migration
11 of 11 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#5
Defence
49 of 59 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API