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Lewis Atkinson vs Sir John Hayes

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 Sir John Hayes
Sir John Hayes
Con South Holland and The Deepings

Voting alignment

Lewis Atkinson and Sir John Hayes voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 362 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 354 different votes 362 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
2 Aye 5 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
14 Aye 2 No
Benefits 6% aligned 16 shared votes
1 Aye 15 No
25 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 51 shared votes
26 Aye 25 No
48 Aye 30 No
Tax 1% aligned 78 shared votes
29 Aye 49 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 40 shared votes
13 Aye 27 No
21 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
7 Aye 21 No
19 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
8 Aye 12 No
Transport 0% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
13 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

88.6 %
16 % above average
Rank 41 of 650
Participation
82.0 %
9 % above average
Rank 159 of 650
491
554 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,918
2,340 eligible divisions
247
50.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
908
47.3 % of votes cast
244
49.7 % of votes cast
No votes
1,010
52.7 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
25
1.3 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

64
-3.8 vs Commons average
Rank 268 of 650
Appearances
107
+39.2 vs Commons average
Rank 96 of 650
97
-23.4 vs Commons average
Rank 273 of 650
Contributions
195
+74.6 vs Commons average
Rank 94 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£220,533
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,932,645
all imported IPSA years
£220,533
2 % below average
Latest expenses
£280,368
24 % above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Energy
17 of 17 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
41 of 45 votes
Migration
11 of 11 votes
#4
Housing
60 of 66 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#5
Trade
76 of 88 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 9 13 Jan 2026
Tax
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech (Motion for an Address): Amendment (d) 23 Jul 2024
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API