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Christian Wakeford vs Lewis Atkinson

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

Photograph of Christian Wakeford
Christian Wakeford
Lab Bury South
vs
Photograph of Lewis Atkinson
Lewis Atkinson
Lab Sunderland Central

Voting alignment

Christian Wakeford and Lewis Atkinson voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 450 shared comparable votes.

450 same votes 0 different votes 450 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
36 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 67 shared votes
36 Aye 31 No
28 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 53 shared votes
28 Aye 25 No
28 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 42 shared votes
28 Aye 14 No
28 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
28 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 19 No
Transport 100% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 67 shared votes
36 Aye 31 No
28 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 53 shared votes
28 Aye 25 No
28 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 42 shared votes
28 Aye 14 No
28 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
28 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 19 No
Transport 100% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No

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

Voting record

86.2%
14% above average
Rank 73 of 649
Participation
88.8%
16% above average
Rank 30 of 649
1,429
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
524
590 eligible divisions
684
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
263
50.2% of votes cast
745
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
261
49.8% of votes cast
9
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

1
-81.3 vs Commons average
Rank 636 of 649
Appearances
78
-4.3 vs Commons average
Rank 274 of 649
1
-142.5 vs Commons average
Rank 633 of 649
Contributions
111
-32.5 vs Commons average
Rank 302 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,415,566
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£221,126
all imported IPSA years
£335,718
48% above average
Latest expenses
£221,126
2% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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

Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
#1
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Defence
69 of 70 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Work / Employment
63 of 67 votes
#3
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 41 votes
#5
Migration
13 of 13 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
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