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Lewis Atkinson vs Michelle Welsh

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

Photograph of Lewis Atkinson
Lewis Atkinson
Lab Sunderland Central
vs
Photograph of Michelle Welsh
Michelle Welsh
Lab Sherwood Forest

Voting alignment

Lewis Atkinson and Michelle Welsh voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 412 shared comparable votes.

412 same votes 0 different votes 412 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
49 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 79 shared votes
49 Aye 30 No
28 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 53 shared votes
28 Aye 25 No
29 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 44 shared votes
29 Aye 15 No
21 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 29 shared votes
21 Aye 8 No
16 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
49 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 79 shared votes
49 Aye 30 No
28 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 53 shared votes
28 Aye 25 No
29 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 44 shared votes
29 Aye 15 No
21 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 29 shared votes
21 Aye 8 No
16 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 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

90.1 %
17 % above average
Rank 25 of 647
Participation
84.7 %
12 % above average
Rank 113 of 647
484
537 eligible divisions
Total votes
455
537 eligible divisions
246
50.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
237
52.1 % of votes cast
238
49.2 % of votes cast
No votes
218
47.9 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

60
-3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 266 of 647
Appearances
37
-26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 458 of 647
91
-22.8 vs Commons average
Rank 276 of 647
Contributions
45
-68.8 vs Commons average
Rank 492 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£220,533
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£179,455
all imported IPSA years
£220,533
2 % below average
Latest expenses
£179,455
21 % below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
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

Housing
31 of 31 votes
#1
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#2
Defence
22 of 22 votes
Energy
17 of 17 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Migration
11 of 11 votes
#4
Migration
11 of 11 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
6 of 6 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