Luke Akehurst MP: votes, interests and costs
Luke Akehurst represents North Durham in the House of Commons for Labour.
Offices and committees
Luke Akehurst sits on 3 committees, according to the Parliament Members API.
Committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Select Committee on the Armed Forces Bill | 9 February 2026 | Current |
| Administration Estimate Audit and Risk Assurance Committee | 4 March 2025 | Current |
| Finance Committee (Commons) | 20 January 2025 | Current |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Armed Forces Commissioner Bill | 4 December 2024 | 12 December 2024 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 089617489f32.
Register of interests
The Register of Members' Financial Interests lists 9 entries for Luke Akehurst: Miscellaneous (5), Shareholdings (2), Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources (1), Visits outside the UK (1). The most recent was registered on 23 September 2026. Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
Aurelo Group Limited - £500.00
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: Ticket and hospitality at England vs Sri Lanka one day international cricket match, held at Riverside ground, Chester-le-Street, in my constituency
- Value of the benefit: £500.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-09-22
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-09-22
- Name of the donor: Aurelo Group Limited
- Status of the donor: Company
- Name of the donor company: Aurelo Group Limited
International visit to Estonia between 12 October 2025 and 15 October 2025
- Purpose of the visit: Study tour: participation in Common Threats, Joint Defence, UK - Estonia - Israel Strategic Mission
- Date Member left the UK: 2025-10-12
- Date Member returned to the UK: 2025-10-15
Member, British-American Parliamentary Group Executive Committee. This is an unpaid role.
- Date on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2024-10-30
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Trustee, Friends of Labour Students. This is an unpaid role.
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Director, Labour to Win Ltd. This is an unpaid role.
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Director/Secretary, Labour First Ltd. This is an unpaid role.
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
PLP Representative on Labour Party National Executive Committee.
- Date on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2024-07-17
- The type of interest: Formal role with a party organisation
Shares in Labour to Win Ltd
- Registrable threshold for this shareholding interest: (i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital
- Name of the company or partnership: Labour to Win Ltd
- Nature of the company or partnership's business: Political organisation within the Labour Party
Shares in Labour First Ltd
- Registrable threshold for this shareholding interest: (i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital
- Name of the company or partnership: Labour First Ltd
- Nature of the company or partnership's business: Political organisation within the Labour Party
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 26 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
IPSA, the body that sets and pays MPs' business costs, records staffing spending of £152,298 for Luke Akehurst in 2024-25 against a budget of £185,538. IPSA lists office spending of £23,396 in the same year. Budgets for that year run from the MP's election on 4 July 2024, as IPSA's reason column states. IPSA publishes each budget, the amount spent and the amount left (the remaining amounts are in IPSA's files); no total across budgets is published, so none is given here.
| IPSA figure | 2024-25 |
|---|---|
| Staffing: spent | £152,297.71 |
| Office costs: spent | £23,396.02 |
| Accommodation: spent | £15,805.27 |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £11,251.08 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £30,426, staffing £185,538, accommodation £19,692 (Standard non-London area budget from 5 July 2024, and a start-up supplement of £6,000; Standard non-London area budget from 5 July 2024; Standard budget for renting a property outside the London area from 5 July 2024, with an uplift to cover the cost of one dependant).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: North Durham CC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Chief of Staff (permanent full time), Senior Parliamentary Assistant (permanent full time), Senior Casework Team Leader/Manager (permanent full time), Communications Officer (permanent full time), Caseworker (permanent part time), Administrative Officer (casual) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
The Commons Votes API records 508 votes by Luke Akehurst in divisions since 4 July 2024. Of these, 54 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. The latest 30 votes on bills and motions are below, from 23 June 2026 to 15 October 2026. On 15 October 2026 Luke Akehurst voted No on "Highways (Financing) Bill: Second Reading: Reasoned Amendment".
Source: Commons Votes API, read 15 October 2026. Only divisions in which a vote is recorded for the MP are counted. The full list on UK Parliament.
Written questions
Since 4 July 2024, 380 written questions have been tabled by Luke Akehurst, the parliamentary record shows. The latest 10 were addressed to Department of Health and Social Care, Ministry of Justice, Home Office.
Eating Disorders: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the evidence to support NHS eating disorder services routinely considering autism during eating disorder assessment and throughout treatment, including by routinely …
Victim Support Schemes: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance is provided to police and victim support services on supporting victims of rural crime in cases where no suspect is charged.
Crime: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the consistency of crime recording practices between police forces for offences involving (a) livestock, (b) horses, (c) agricultural vehicles and machinery and (d) fly …
Crime: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department is taking steps to ensure that police response times in rural areas are not consistently lower than in urban areas.
Crime: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer to Question 27081, whether her Department has considered whether it should set up a national dataset of average police response times to incident in rural areas.
Crime: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she can provide an update to the Rural Crime Strategy, including when she expects it to be published, and what performance indicators will be used to assess progress against its objectives.
Agricultural Machinery: Theft
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has assessed the effectiveness of agricultural machinery identification and marking schemes, including CESAR, in reducing theft and increasing recovery rates; and whether she pl …
Crime: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what central Government funding streams are available in 2026-27 for (a) rural crime prevention, (b) rural crime intelligence activity and (c) support for victims of rural crime; and what criteria are …
Crime: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to publish annual statistics on rural crime by offence category, including for each police force area the number of offences recorded, charges brought and convictions secured.
Crime: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had since 1 January 2025 with ministers and law enforcement agencies in (a) Scotland, (b) Wales, (c) Northern Ireland and (d) the Republic of Ireland on tackling organised rur …
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 57e40fe7c1cc. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Luke Akehurst.
2024 general election
At the 4 July 2024 general election North Durham returned Luke Akehurst with a majority of 5,873: 16,562 votes, 39.8% of those cast, against 10,689 for Andrew Husband. Result as published: Lab hold.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · North Durham figures
Built 15 October 2026 from official records; register entries and votes are re-read on a rolling schedule. This page sets out what the record shows and gives no rating of the MP. Official UK Parliament page · All MPs · Something wrong? Tell us.