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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.

See Lewis Atkinson’s full voting record on Parliament’s site →

Every Commons division on file for Lewis Atkinson — amendments, motions and opposition-day votes as well as bills. Took part in 524 of 590 (89%).

4 Sep 2026 Motion to sit in private Ayes 1, Noes 79 no vote recorded
7 Jul 2026 Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners Ayes 115, Noes 0 no vote recorded
17 Jun 2026 National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 Ayes 144, Noes 244 no vote recorded
17 Jun 2026 National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 Ayes 135, Noes 258 no vote recorded
17 Jun 2026 National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 Ayes 143, Noes 249 no vote recorded
17 Jun 2026 National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 Ayes 85, Noes 317 no vote recorded
17 Jun 2026 National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion Ayes 233, Noes 94 no vote recorded
15 Jun 2026 Royal Albert Hall Bill [Lords]: Revival Ayes 24, Noes 37 no vote recorded
18 Mar 2026 Opposition day: Student loans Ayes 88, Noes 266 no vote recorded
18 Mar 2026 Opposition day: Fuel duty Ayes 103, Noes 259 no vote recorded
28 Jan 2026 Opposition Day: Youth unemployment Ayes 91, Noes 287 no vote recorded
28 Jan 2026 Opposition Day: British Indian Ocean Territory Ayes 103, Noes 284 no vote recorded
28 Jan 2026 Draft Medical Devices (Fees Amendment) Regulations 2026 Ayes 294, Noes 108 no vote recorded
20 Jan 2026 Sentencing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 7 Ayes 319, Noes 127 no vote recorded
9 Dec 2025 UK-EU customs union (duty to negotiate): Ten Minute Rule Motion Ayes 100, Noes 100 no vote recorded
3 Dec 2025 Pension Schemes Bill: Amendment 15 Ayes 154, Noes 303 no vote recorded
3 Dec 2025 Pension Schemes Bill: Amendment 16 Ayes 143, Noes 304 no vote recorded
3 Dec 2025 Pension Schemes Bill: New Clause 26 Ayes 77, Noes 298 no vote recorded
3 Dec 2025 Pension Schemes Bill: New Clause 3 Ayes 87, Noes 299 no vote recorded
2 Dec 2025 Budget Resolution No. 64: Rates of alcohol duty Ayes 357, Noes 174 no vote recorded
2 Dec 2025 Budget Resolution No. 51: Inheritance tax (pension interests) Ayes 364, Noes 167 no vote recorded
2 Dec 2025 Budget Resolution No. 28: Capital gains tax (employee-ownership trusts) Ayes 362, Noes 164 no vote recorded
2 Dec 2025 Budget Resolution No. 5: Income tax (savings rate for future years) Ayes 369, Noes 166 no vote recorded
2 Dec 2025 Budget Resolution No. 4: Income tax (dividend rates) Ayes 371, Noes 166 no vote recorded
29 Oct 2025 European Convention on Human Rights (withdrawal): Ten Minute Rule Motion Ayes 96, Noes 154 no vote recorded
11 Jul 2025 Unauthorised Entry to Football Matches Bill Report: Amendment 1 Ayes 0, Noes 47 no vote recorded
11 Jul 2025 Motion to sit in private Ayes 1, Noes 58 no vote recorded
4 Jul 2025 Motion to sit in private Ayes 1, Noes 33 no vote recorded
3 Jun 2025 Armed Forces Commissioner Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 Ayes 315, Noes 184 no vote recorded
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Covers 9 Mar 2016 to 11 Sep 2026 — Parliament’s votes data doesn’t go back further. “No vote recorded” is Parliament’s own list of members with nothing recorded for that division: it can mean absent, deliberately abstaining, paired, or excused, and the data doesn’t say which. Click a division title for Parliament’s own page for it.

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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