MP for North Durham
Luke Akehurst is the Labour (Co-op) MP for North Durham, first elected in 2024. He currently serves on the Finance Committee (Commons), the Administration Estimate Audit and Risk Assurance Committee, and the Select Committee on the Armed Forces Bill, and previously sat on the Armed Forces Commissioner Bill committee in December 2024.
His voting loyalty is 100% (party average 99%), and his attendance rate is 14% (party average 33%). He has no rebel votes. On policy areas, he generally supports workers’ rights and trade union powers and renter protections, and has backed VAT changes; on several issues, including mental health funding, transgender rights, bus services regulation, prison sentencing, and some climate measures, his votes have been more restrictive or mixed.
Declared financial interests include nine items: five miscellaneous entries, two shareholdings and two visits outside the UK.
Generated 21 February 2026
4 positions
Select Committee on the Armed Forces Bill
Since Feb 2026
Administration Estimate Audit and Risk Assurance Committee
Since Mar 2025
Finance Committee (Commons)
Since Jan 2025
Armed Forces Commissioner Bill
Dec 2024 - Dec 2024
Based on parliamentary votes
has voted a mixture of ways on universal credit
has generally voted for trade union powers
has generally voted for workers rights protections
has generally voted against vat changes
has generally voted against prison sentencing
has generally voted against bus services regulation
has generally voted for renter protections
has generally voted against transgender rights
Referendums Relating to Council Tax Increases (Principles) (England) Report 2026-27
Local Government Finance Report (England) 2026-27
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading