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Luke Akehurst vs Stephen Kinnock

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
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Photograph of Stephen Kinnock
Stephen Kinnock
Lab Aberafan Maesteg

Voting alignment

Luke Akehurst and Stephen Kinnock voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 412 shared comparable votes.

412 same votes 0 different votes 412 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
32 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 62 shared votes
32 Aye 30 No
22 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 47 shared votes
22 Aye 25 No
28 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 37 shared votes
28 Aye 9 No
23 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
23 Aye 12 No
13 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 62 shared votes
32 Aye 30 No
22 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 47 shared votes
22 Aye 25 No
28 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 37 shared votes
28 Aye 9 No
23 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
23 Aye 12 No
13 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

84.1%
11% above average
Rank 112 of 649
Participation
75.4%
3% above average
Rank 300 of 649
496
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,792
2,376 eligible divisions
250
50.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,013
56.5% of votes cast
246
49.6% of votes cast
No votes
779
43.5% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

63
-19.3 vs Commons average
Rank 351 of 649
Appearances
115
+32.7 vs Commons average
Rank 124 of 649
121
-22.5 vs Commons average
Rank 263 of 649
Contributions
443
+299.5 vs Commons average
Rank 28 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
£2,167,873
all imported IPSA years
£202,750
10% below average
Latest expenses
£312,875
38% above average
8
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
4 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
32 of 32 votes
#1
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#3
Migration
150 of 171 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
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