Luke Akehurst

Luke Akehurst
Official portrait, 2024
Member of Parliament
for North Durham
Assumed office
4 July 2024
Preceded byKevan Jones
Majority5,873 (14.1%)
Member of the National Executive Committee of the Labour Party
Assumed office
November 2020
In office
2010–2012
Member of Hackney London Borough Council for Chatham
In office
2 May 2002 – 22 May 2014
Personal details
Born (1972-03-02) 2 March 1972 (age 52)
Political partyLabour
Other political
affiliations
Labour First
Alma materUniversity of Bristol (BSc)
OccupationFormer director of We Believe in Israel

Luke Akehurst (born 2 March 1972) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for North Durham since 2024.[1]

He is also a Labour Party official, and a former councillor. Since 2020, Akehurst has been a member of the National Executive Committee of the Labour Party (NEC), having previously been on the NEC from 2010 until 2012.

  1. ^ "North Durham - General election results 2024". BBC News. Retrieved 5 July 2024.