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Lewis Atkinson

Labour Sunderland Central

Voting record

8
Voted for
0
Voted against
1
Didn’t vote

Based on 9 recorded Commons divisions at Second or Third Reading of bills tracked by Hear, Hear — not a full voting record. “Didn’t vote” means Parliament has no vote recorded for them in that division (absent, abstained, paired, or excused). See the All votes tab below for every division.

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Whip meter Estimate 89%

How often Lewis Atkinson voted the same way as most of the Labour party, across every recorded division. Parliament doesn’t publish whether a vote was officially whipped, so this is our best estimate from the public record — not a confirmed fact.

Recent votes
Representation of the People Bill — voted Aye at 3rd reading
Immigration and Asylum Bill — voted Aye at 2nd reading
Railways Bill — voted Aye at 3rd reading
Courts and Tribunals Bill — voted Aye at 2nd reading
Railways Bill — voted Aye at 2nd reading
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill — voted Aye at 2nd reading
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill — voted Aye at 3rd reading
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill — voted Aye at 3rd reading

Government & opposition roles

No government or shadow front-bench post on file for Lewis Atkinson — most MPs never hold one, so this is the normal state for a backbencher, not a gap in the data.

Declared financial interests

From Parliament’s Register of Members’ Financial Interests — Parliament’s official register for Lewis Atkinson →. Topic tags below are our own automated, best-effort keyword match, not Parliament’s classification.

7. (i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital

Name of company or organisation: Labour Networks Ltd (a dormant company)
Nature of business: Communications with Labour Party members
Interest held: until 2 September 2025
(Registered 3 August 2024; updated 2 September 2025)

8. Miscellaneous

Vice Chair of Labour North Regional Executive Committee.
(Registered 25 July 2024)

Director of Labour Networks Ltd - a dormant, non-trading company.
Date interest ended: 2 September 2025
(Registered 4 August 2024; updated 2 September 2025)

Employment & business

Written questions to government

No written questions on file for Lewis Atkinson yet — this only covers what Hear, Hear has fetched so far (see Written questions), not necessarily every question Lewis Atkinson has ever tabled.

Business costs (IPSA)

£238,100.64 paid out to or for Lewis Atkinson across 183 claims — combining every financial year on file, not just the current one — covering office costs, accommodation, travel, and bought-in/temporary staffing. This does not include Lewis Atkinson’s permanent staff’s salaries — typically the biggest single share of an MP’s real costs — which IPSA only publishes once a year, after the year closes, as one aggregate figure, never as individual claims. Some categories (especially travel) are reported by IPSA as one whole-year total rather than itemised by date — marked “Aggregated” below. See MP expenses to filter this to a single year.

By category
Staffing — £158,430.24 (4 claims)
Office Costs — £43,459.22 (155 claims)
Accommodation — £25,166.06 (14 claims)
MP Travel — £6,675.11 (3 claims)
Staff Travel — £4,289.63 (6 claims)
Dependant Travel — £80.38 (1 claim)
Most recent claims
Training - staff — £3,500.00, 2026-03-31 — Casework review, AI Training & AI Tookit & Set-up
Landline phone & internet - rental & usage — £122.15, 2026-03-31 — Landline & internet package
Waste disposal, confidential waste & rubbish collection — £106.11, 2026-03-26 — RESTORE DATASHRED [200013613-9051]
Stationery & printing — £499.29, 2026-03-26 — AMZNMKTPLACE [***] [200013613-9050]
Stationery & printing — £774.77, 2026-03-26 — Ink cartridge X 4
Equipment - purchase — £399.99, 2026-03-25 — Computer, laptop, PC, tablet & accessories
Venue hire, meetings & surgeries — £100.00, 2026-03-04 — [200013613-3367]
Venue hire, meetings & surgeries — £0.00, 2026-03-03 — Repayment of claim 60354092:1

Every claim on file for Lewis Atkinson →

Early Day Motions

No Early Day Motions on file as tabled by Lewis Atkinson — this only covers motions tabled within Hear, Hear’s current tracking window (see Early Day Motions), not necessarily Lewis Atkinson’s full record.

All-Party Parliamentary Groups

Lewis Atkinson is a listed officer of 2 All-Party Parliamentary Groups on file. See APPGs for the full register and the biggest funders overall.

All-Party Parliamentary Group on the Leamside Line — Officer
No declared funding on file.

Read this carefully: funding is declared by the group (often to pay for a secretariat that runs it), not paid to Lewis Atkinson personally, and declaring it is a legal requirement rather than a sign of wrongdoing. This only covers groups Lewis Atkinson is a listed officer of — ordinary members aren’t published. Amounts are Parliament’s own figures; where it gave a banded range the midpoint is used, so totals are approximate. Funders are grouped by name, so the same organisation spelled very differently may appear twice.

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