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Luke Akehurst vs Sir Stephen Timms

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


Voting alignment

Luke Akehurst and Sir Stephen Timms voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 411 shared comparable votes.

402 same votes 9 different votes 411 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
30 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 62 shared votes
30 Aye 32 No
24 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 51 shared votes
24 Aye 27 No
30 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 39 shared votes
30 Aye 9 No
18 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
18 Aye 13 No
10 Aye 19 No
Defence 100% aligned 29 shared votes
10 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 62 shared votes
30 Aye 32 No
24 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 51 shared votes
24 Aye 27 No
30 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 39 shared votes
30 Aye 9 No
18 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
18 Aye 13 No
10 Aye 19 No
Defence 100% aligned 29 shared votes
10 Aye 19 No

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

Voting record

84.8%
12% above average
Rank 95 of 650
Participation
78.3%
6% above average
Rank 237 of 650
537
633 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,895
2,419 eligible divisions
272
50.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,041
54.9% of votes cast
265
49.3% of votes cast
No votes
854
45.1% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
14
0.7% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
32 years, 5 months
Since 9 Jun 1994

Debates

75
-21.1 vs Commons average
Rank 343 of 650
Appearances
57
-39.1 vs Commons average
Rank 454 of 650
138
-29.2 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 650
Contributions
201
+33.8 vs Commons average
Rank 169 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
£2,605,766
all imported IPSA years
£202,750
10% below average
Latest expenses
£272,963
21% above average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
3
1 registered category
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
33 of 33 votes
#1
Defence
64 of 71 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Migration
154 of 171 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
73 of 82 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
187 of 212 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API