Lewis Atkinson MP: votes, interests and costs
Lewis Atkinson represents Sunderland Central in the House of Commons for Labour.
Offices and committees
UK Parliament records Lewis Atkinson as a current member of these 4 committees.
Committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Home Affairs Committee | 27 October 2025 | Current |
| Petitions Committee | 28 October 2024 | Current |
| Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee) | 14 October 2024 | Current |
| Statutory Instruments (Select Committee) | 14 October 2024 | Current |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Sustainable Aviation Fuel Bill | 10 July 2025 | 17 July 2025 |
| Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill | 15 January 2025 | 25 March 2025 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 cd55e1dbb8b1.
Register of interests
Entries in the register for Lewis Atkinson, as the MP registered them: Miscellaneous (1). Latest registration 25 July 2024. Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
Vice Chair of Labour North Regional Executive Committee.
- The type of interest: Formal role with a party organisation
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 26 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
IPSA, the body that sets and pays MPs' business costs, records staffing spending of £158,460 for Lewis Atkinson in 2024-25 against a budget of £185,538. Office costs came to £27,541 of a £30,426 budget. Budgets for that year run from the MP's election on 4 July 2024, as IPSA's reason column states. IPSA publishes each budget, the amount spent and the amount left (the remaining amounts are in IPSA's files); no total across budgets is published, so none is given here.
| IPSA figure | 2024-25 |
|---|---|
| Staffing: spent | £158,460.24 |
| Office costs: spent | £27,541.28 |
| Accommodation: spent | £24,034.15 |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £11,090.28 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £30,426, staffing £185,538, accommodation £31,549 (Standard non-London area budget from 5 July 2024, and a start-up supplement of £6,000; Standard non-London area budget from 5 July 2024; Standard budget for renting a property in the London area from 5 July 2024, with an uplift to cover the cost of two dependants).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Sunderland Central BC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Communications Officer (permanent full time), Office Manager (permanent full time), Parliamentary Assistant ×2 (permanent part time), Constituency Assistant (permanent full time), Senior Caseworker (permanent full time), Personal Assistant (fixed term part time), Executive Assistant (permanent part time), Senior Parliamentary Assistant (fixed term part time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
The Commons Votes API records 553 votes by Lewis Atkinson in divisions since 4 July 2024. Of these, 56 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. The latest 30 votes on bills and motions are below, from 14 July 2026 to 20 October 2026. The most recent, on 20 October 2026, was an Aye on "Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading".
Source: Commons Votes API, read 23 October 2026. Only divisions in which a vote is recorded for the MP are counted. The full list on UK Parliament.
Written questions
Since 4 July 2024, 24 written questions have been tabled by Lewis Atkinson, the parliamentary record shows. Departments in the latest 10: Department for Education; Ministry of Justice; Home Office; Department for Culture, Media and Sport; and others.
Overseas Students: Visas
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of UK Visas and Immigration decision-making in relation to international students on the financial sustainability of UK universities; and how her Department …
Prisoners: Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of his Department's report entitled Prison leavers in substance misuse treatment.
Drugs: Crime
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent progress the Joint Combating Drugs Unit has made; and what policy work relating to combating drugs she is currently undertaking with other departments.
Music: Tickets
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the introduction of a voluntary levy on stadium and arena live music tickets.
Domestic Abuse
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of legislation addressing coercive and controlling behaviour in respect of capturing patterns of such behaviour occurring within groups, organisations or c …
Bangladesh: Human Rights and Rule of Law
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of (a) respect for human rights and (b) the independence of the rule of law in Bangladesh in the past three months.
Endometriosis: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of provision of NHS specialist endometriosis care since the publication of the Renewed Women’s Health Strategy for England on 15 April 2026.
Homelessness: Sunderland Central
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle the causes of homelessness in Sunderland Central constituency.
Drugs: Departmental Responsibilities
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she can list the (a) Ministerial responsibilities and (b) the responsibilities and reporting arrangements of any relevant cross-departmental units in relation to drugs policy.
Sexual Offences: Trials
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average Crown Court waiting time is for sexual offences in England and (b) Northumbria Local Criminal Justice Board; and what steps he is taking to help reduce those waiting times.
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 51f27a7668ea. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Lewis Atkinson.
2024 general election
At the 4 July 2024 general election Sunderland Central returned Lewis Atkinson with a majority of 6,073: 16,852 votes, 42.2% of those cast, against 10,779 for Chris Enyon. Result as published: Lab hold.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Sunderland Central figures
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