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Lewis Atkinson vs Sonia Kumar

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
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Sonia Kumar
Lab Dudley

Voting alignment

Lewis Atkinson and Sonia Kumar voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 441 shared comparable votes.

440 same votes 1 different votes 441 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
45 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 81 shared votes
45 Aye 36 No
31 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 51 shared votes
31 Aye 20 No
25 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 39 shared votes
25 Aye 14 No
19 Aye 5 No
Housing 100% aligned 24 shared votes
19 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 17 No
Defence 100% aligned 23 shared votes
6 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
45 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 81 shared votes
45 Aye 36 No
31 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 51 shared votes
31 Aye 20 No
25 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 39 shared votes
25 Aye 14 No
19 Aye 5 No
Housing 100% aligned 24 shared votes
19 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 17 No
Defence 100% aligned 23 shared votes
6 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

88.8%
16% above average
Rank 30 of 649
Participation
82.4%
10% above average
Rank 149 of 649
524
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
486
590 eligible divisions
263
50.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
252
51.9% of votes cast
261
49.8% of votes cast
No votes
234
48.1% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

78
-4.3 vs Commons average
Rank 274 of 649
Appearances
103
+20.7 vs Commons average
Rank 155 of 649
111
-32.5 vs Commons average
Rank 302 of 649
Contributions
114
-29.5 vs Commons average
Rank 293 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£221,126
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£195,259
all imported IPSA years
£221,126
2% below average
Latest expenses
£195,259
14% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
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