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Luke Akehurst vs Steve Barclay

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 Steve Barclay
Steve Barclay
Con North East Cambridgeshire

Voting alignment

Luke Akehurst and Steve Barclay voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 349 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 342 different votes 349 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
1 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
1 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 5 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
17 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 11% aligned 37 shared votes
18 Aye 19 No
32 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 64 shared votes
32 Aye 32 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 64 shared votes
32 Aye 32 No
25 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
6 Aye 25 No
12 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No
13 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
16 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 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
71.6%
1% below average
Rank 390 of 650
531
627 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,728
2,413 eligible divisions
269
50.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
824
47.7% of votes cast
262
49.3% of votes cast
No votes
904
52.3% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

73
-20.6 vs Commons average
Rank 340 of 650
Appearances
92
-1.6 vs Commons average
Rank 254 of 650
138
-24.9 vs Commons average
Rank 271 of 650
Contributions
137
-25.9 vs Commons average
Rank 281 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
£2,422,084
all imported IPSA years
£202,750
10% below average
Latest expenses
£231,894
3% above average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
4 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
193 of 212 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
53 of 66 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
176 of 234 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
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 106 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Third Reading 26 Mar 2025
NHS / Health
Aye
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