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Luke Akehurst vs Tom Tugendhat

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 Tom Tugendhat
Tom Tugendhat
Con Tonbridge

Voting alignment

Luke Akehurst and Tom Tugendhat voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 244 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 239 different votes 244 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
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
13 Aye 7 No
Benefits 10% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
12 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 9% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
25 Aye 17 No
Tax 0% aligned 42 shared votes
17 Aye 25 No
18 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 17 No
Tax 0% aligned 42 shared votes
17 Aye 25 No
18 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
6 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
10 Aye 5 No
Housing 0% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 13 shared votes
8 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

83.6 %
11 % above average
Rank 125 of 649
Participation
73.4 %
1 % above average
Rank 346 of 649
475
568 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,729
2,354 eligible divisions
243
51.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
828
47.9 % of votes cast
232
48.8 % of votes cast
No votes
901
52.1 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
22
1.3 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 2 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

67
-6.4 vs Commons average
Rank 290 of 649
Appearances
62
-11.4 vs Commons average
Rank 325 of 649
116
-14.3 vs Commons average
Rank 228 of 649
Contributions
106
-24.3 vs Commons average
Rank 263 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
£2,161,547
all imported IPSA years
£202,750
10 % below average
Latest expenses
£287,101
27 % above average
8
3 registered categories
Registered interests
48
6 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
191 of 211 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#3
Migration
140 of 169 votes
Migration
11 of 11 votes
#4
Benefits
65 of 81 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 43 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Where they voted the same
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API