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Lewis Atkinson vs Sojan Joseph

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 Sojan Joseph
Sojan Joseph
Lab Ashford

Voting alignment

Lewis Atkinson and Sojan Joseph voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 515 shared comparable votes.

504 same votes 11 different votes 515 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
50 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 89 shared votes
50 Aye 39 No
29 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 56 shared votes
29 Aye 27 No
31 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 49 shared votes
31 Aye 18 No
28 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
28 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 19 No
Transport 100% aligned 29 shared votes
10 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
50 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 89 shared votes
50 Aye 39 No
29 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 56 shared votes
29 Aye 27 No
31 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 49 shared votes
31 Aye 18 No
28 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
28 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

88.9%
17% above average
Rank 32 of 650
Participation
90.0%
18% above average
Rank 19 of 650
561
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
568
631 eligible divisions
283
50.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
282
49.6% of votes cast
278
49.6% of votes cast
No votes
286
50.4% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
14
2.5% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

91
-3.5 vs Commons average
Rank 258 of 650
Appearances
75
-19.5 vs Commons average
Rank 340 of 650
123
-41.6 vs Commons average
Rank 317 of 650
Contributions
89
-75.6 vs Commons average
Rank 419 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£221,126
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£158,669
all imported IPSA years
£221,126
2% below average
Latest expenses
£158,669
30% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
6
4 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
32 of 32 votes
#1
Education
50 of 50 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#2
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#3
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#5
Energy
20 of 20 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No rebel
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No rebel
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No rebel
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye rebel
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye rebel
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
Aye rebel
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye rebel
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No rebel
Where they voted the same
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
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
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
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API