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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 410 shared comparable votes.

410 same votes 0 different votes 410 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 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 64 shared votes
36 Aye 28 No
28 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 53 shared votes
28 Aye 25 No
27 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 41 shared votes
27 Aye 14 No
26 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 34 shared votes
26 Aye 8 No
16 Aye 8 No
Benefits 100% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 64 shared votes
36 Aye 28 No
28 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 53 shared votes
28 Aye 25 No
27 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 41 shared votes
27 Aye 14 No
26 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 34 shared votes
26 Aye 8 No
16 Aye 8 No
Benefits 100% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

85.9 %
13 % above average
Rank 86 of 647
Participation
90.1 %
17 % above average
Rank 25 of 647
1,378
1,605 eligible divisions
Total votes
484
537 eligible divisions
664
48.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
246
50.8 % of votes cast
714
51.8 % of votes cast
No votes
238
49.2 % of votes cast
9
0.7 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

1
-62.7 vs Commons average
Rank 635 of 647
Appearances
60
-3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 266 of 647
1
-112.8 vs Commons average
Rank 631 of 647
Contributions
91
-22.8 vs Commons average
Rank 276 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£1,415,566
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£220,533
all imported IPSA years
£335,718
48 % above average
Latest expenses
£220,533
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
31 of 31 votes
Defence
57 of 58 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Work / Employment
61 of 65 votes
#3
Energy
17 of 17 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 41 votes
#4
Migration
11 of 11 votes
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 37 votes
#5
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

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

Where they voted the same
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 8 Jun 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API