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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 483 shared comparable votes.

483 same votes 0 different votes 483 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
43 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 75 shared votes
43 Aye 32 No
29 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 57 shared votes
29 Aye 28 No
28 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 42 shared votes
28 Aye 14 No
31 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 39 shared votes
31 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 19 No
Transport 100% aligned 29 shared votes
10 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
43 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 75 shared votes
43 Aye 32 No
29 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 57 shared votes
29 Aye 28 No
28 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 42 shared votes
28 Aye 14 No
31 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 39 shared votes
31 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 19 No
Transport 100% aligned 29 shared votes
10 Aye 19 No

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

Voting record

86.5%
14% above average
Rank 61 of 650
Participation
88.8%
16% above average
Rank 32 of 650
1,466
1,695 eligible divisions
Total votes
557
627 eligible divisions
703
48.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
282
50.6% of votes cast
763
52.0% of votes cast
No votes
275
49.4% of votes cast
9
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

1
-93.4 vs Commons average
Rank 637 of 650
Appearances
90
-4.4 vs Commons average
Rank 261 of 650
1
-163.5 vs Commons average
Rank 634 of 650
Contributions
122
-42.5 vs Commons average
Rank 323 of 650

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
1
1 registered category
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
63 of 63 votes
#1
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Defence
69 of 70 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Work / Employment
66 of 70 votes
#3
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 45 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
Budget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 55: Value added tax (electric vehicle charging) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
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