Official portrait of Luke Akehurst

Luke Akehurst

Labour MP for North Durham, since 4 July 2024

Luke Akehurst is the Labour MP for North Durham, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024.

Scorecard

83.8% Attendance Turns up more often than most MPs who vote
482 Votes cast out of 575 divisions
93 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
0 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Labour MPs
8 Interests declared none at £5,000 or more
108 Debates spoken in 333 written questions tabled

Ranked 118 of 638 MPs for attendance. The median of MPs who vote is 72.3%. Ministers and front-benchers vote less often than backbenchers for reasons of office rather than absenteeism, and Parliament does not publish reasons for any absence — the ranking is a starting point for a question, not an answer to one.

Voting record

575 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.

DateQuestionTheir voteResult
12 Jan 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: Clause 62 stand part Aye 344–181
12 Jan 2026 Finance (No.2) Bill Committee: Clause 10 stand part Aye 324–180
12 Jan 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 No 167–350
7 Jan 2026 Opposition Day: Rural communities No 105–332
7 Jan 2026 Opposition Day: Jury trials No 182–290
17 Dec 2025 National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: Second Reading No vote 312–165
16 Dec 2025 Finance (No. 2) Bill: Second Reading Aye 341–195
16 Dec 2025 Finance (No. 2) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading (Opposition) No 118–340
15 Dec 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to disagree with the Lords in their Amendment 120N to Commons Amendment 120G and their Amendments 120P to 120S to Commons Amendment 120H No vote 311–96
10 Dec 2025 Opposition day: Conduct of the Chancellor of the Exchequer No 90–297
10 Dec 2025 Government Amendment to Opposition day debate on seasonal work Aye 320–98
10 Dec 2025 Opposition day: Seasonal work No 98–325
9 Dec 2025 Railways Bill: Second Reading Aye 329–173
9 Dec 2025 Railways Bill: Opposition Reasoned Amendment No 170–332
9 Dec 2025 UK-EU customs union (duty to negotiate): Ten Minute Rule Motion No vote 100–100
8 Dec 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to LA62 but not to insist on Commons Amendment 62C and to propose Gov (a) in lieu of LA62 Aye 327–162
8 Dec 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Government motion not to insist on Commons Amendment 72C but to disagree with LA72D to LA72H and to propose Gov (a) and (b) in lieu of LA72D to LA72H Aye 326–162
8 Dec 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to Lords Amendment 48B but to propose Government amendment (a) and (b) in lieu of LA48B Aye 395–98
8 Dec 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to LA23 and LA106 to LA120, not to insist on Commons Amendment 120C, 120D and 120E but to propose Gov (a) to (f) in lieu of LA23 and LA106 to LA120 Aye 300–96
8 Dec 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to Lords Amendment 1B but to propose Government amendments (a) and (b) in lieu of Lords Amendment 1B Aye 327–96
3 Dec 2025 Pension Schemes Bill: Amendment 15 No 154–303
3 Dec 2025 Pension Schemes Bill: Amendment 16 No 143–304
3 Dec 2025 Pension Schemes Bill: New Clause 26 No 77–298
3 Dec 2025 Pension Schemes Bill: New Clause 3 No 87–299
2 Dec 2025 Budget Resolution No. 64: Rates of alcohol duty No vote 357–174

Declared financial interests

Quoted in full from the Register of Members' Financial Interests. Entries where the largest figure is £5,000 or more are marked. A declaration is not a wrongdoing — the register exists precisely so that these things are visible.

4. Visits outside the UK

Name of donor: ELNET UK
Address of donor: 4th Floor, 6 Princes Street, London W1B 2LG
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights (£724 for two people), two rooms hotel accommodation for three nights (£730), meals for 3.5 days (£608 for two people) and minibus travel in country (£196 for two people). I travelled with my Parliamentary Assistant (£1,129 per person), value £2,258
Destination of visit: Estonia (Tallinn and Narva)
Dates of visit: 12 October 2025 to 15 October 2025
Purpose of visit: Study tour: participation in Common Threats, Joint Defence, UK - Estonia - Israel Strategic Mission
(Registered 16 October 2025)

On the register since 21 Oct 2025

7. (i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital

Name of company or organisation: Labour to Win Ltd
Nature of business: Political organisation within the Labour Party
(Registered 22 July 2024)

On the register since 30 Jul 2025

Name of company or organisation: Labour First Ltd
Nature of business: Political organisation within the Labour Party
(Registered 22 July 2024)

On the register since 30 Jul 2025

8. Miscellaneous

PLP Representative on Labour Party National Executive Committee.
Date interest arose: 17 July 2024
(Registered 22 July 2024)

On the register since 17 Oct 2025

Member, British-American Parliamentary Group Executive Committee. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 30 October 2024
(Registered 8 January 2025)

On the register since 22 Jan 2025

Trustee, Friends of Labour Students. This is an unpaid role.
(Registered 3 August 2024)

On the register since 16 Aug 2024

Director, Labour to Win Ltd. This is an unpaid role.
(Registered 3 August 2024)

On the register since 16 Aug 2024

Director/Secretary, Labour First Ltd. This is an unpaid role.
(Registered 3 August 2024)

On the register since 16 Aug 2024

The same register on parliament.uk →

Debates

108 debates contributed to in total. The ten most recent:

Money declared to them

2 donations accepted personally since 4 Jul 2024, worth £4,758 in total — from the Electoral Commission's register, which is a separate register from the one above. Money given to their party is not counted here; this is money declared to them.

AcceptedRecipientDonorTypeValue
12 Oct 2025 Luke Akehurst sitting MP ELNET UK Other Visit £2,258
22 Feb 2025 Luke Akehurst sitting MP Labour Friends of Israel Ltd Company Visit £2,500

Where the public money goes — contracts and donations →


Sources: Commons Votes API, Members API and the Register of Members' Financial Interests, all published by Parliament under the Open Parliament Licence; donations from the Electoral Commission's register. This member's register and debate record were last refreshed 3 Aug 2026. How every figure is worked out →

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