Lewis Atkinson

MP since 4 Jul 2024

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Lewis Atkinson is the Labour MP for Sunderland Central, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024.

508

Votes Cast

£220,533

Expenses 2024-25

6,073

Majority

42.2%

Vote Share

Expenses (2024-25)

£220,533

Staffing£158,460
Office£27,541
Accommodation£23,441
Travel£11,090

Election Result(2024 General Election)

Turnout: 39,957 voters

Labour
16,852 votes42.2%
Reform UK
10,779 votes27.0%
Conservative
5,731 votes14.3%
Liberal Democrat
3,602 votes9.0%
Green Party
2,993 votes7.5%

Parliamentary Activity

Counts in the current Parliament
(since 4 July 2024)

20

Written Questions

21

Oral Questions

74

Debates Spoken In

151

Speeches

508

Divisions Voted

Debates and speeches are sourced from Hansard contributions. The Hansard backfill is still in progress — counts will grow over the next few days as historic days are ingested.

Voting Record

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3 NO

Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage

3 votes · 14 Jul 2026

1 AYE1 NO

Immigration and Asylum Bill

2 votes · 13 Jul 2026

3 NO

Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee

3 votes · 1 Jul 2026

2 NO

Armed Forces Bill Report Stage

2 votes · 22 Jun 2026

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Financial Interests(3)

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

Communications with Labour Party members

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

Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous

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

Registered 25 July 2024

Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous

Date interest ended
2 September 2025

Registered 4 August 2024; updated 2 September 2025

Activity Pulse

Questions asked and motions sponsored by Lewis in Parliament

Reserve Forces: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the suitability of the current upper age limits for former members of the Armed Forces seeking to join the Reserve

AnsweredMinistry of Defence2 Jan 2026

Driving Tests: North East

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average waiting time is for a driving test in (a) Sunderland and (b) neighbouring test centres; and how many additional driving examiners have bee

AnsweredDepartment for Transport25 Nov 2025

Mental Health Services: Community Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of NHS neighbourhood mental health service pilot sites; and how learning from those sites wil

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care19 Nov 2025

Production Methods: Labelling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of introducing method of production labelling to (a) the economy and (b) far

AnsweredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs10 Nov 2025

Opioids: Death

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of (a) the accuracy of officially reported numbers of opioid related deaths and (b) the potential implications for

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care10 Oct 2025

Undocumented Migrants: International Cooperation

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking with international partners to help tackle irregular migration to the UK.

AnsweredForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office26 Aug 2025

Mental Illness: Community Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to routinely publish waiting time data for community adult mental health services.

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care10 Jul 2025

Naloxone: Misuse

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent progress his Department has made on the rollout of Naloxone supply network coordinators.

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care19 Jun 2025

Public Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help support people to (a) stay active and (b) live longer in (i) Sunderland Central constituency and (

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care21 May 2025

Juries: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will take steps to help ensure that people carrying out jury duty do not suffer financial hardship; and if she will make an assessment of the potentia

AnsweredMinistry of Justice25 Jul 2024
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