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Sir John Whittingdale vs Luke Akehurst

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

Photograph of Sir John Whittingdale
Sir John Whittingdale
Con Maldon
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Photograph of Luke Akehurst
Luke Akehurst
Lab North Durham

Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Luke Akehurst voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 303 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 299 different votes 303 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
4 Aye 15 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
13 Aye 6 No
16 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 33 shared votes
15 Aye 18 No
31 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 55 shared votes
24 Aye 31 No
7 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
23 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 18 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 55 shared votes
24 Aye 31 No
7 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
23 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 18 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
14 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No
5 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 21 shared votes
16 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

80.5 %
8 % above average
Rank 192 of 649
Participation
83.8 %
11 % above average
Rank 122 of 649
1,901
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
482
575 eligible divisions
908
47.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
246
51.0 % of votes cast
993
52.2 % of votes cast
No votes
236
49.0 % of votes cast
12
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
34 years, 4 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

74
-3.9 vs Commons average
Rank 278 of 650
Appearances
62
-15.9 vs Commons average
Rank 346 of 650
106
-32.3 vs Commons average
Rank 289 of 650
Contributions
109
-29.3 vs Commons average
Rank 276 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£202,750
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8 % above average
Latest expenses
£202,750
10 % below average
10
6 registered categories
Registered interests
8
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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

Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
#1
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Devolution / Local Government
57 of 66 votes
#4
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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