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Alex Burghart vs Colum Eastwood

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Alex Burghart
Alex Burghart
Con Brentwood and Ongar
vs
Photograph of Colum Eastwood
Colum Eastwood
SDLP Foyle

Voting alignment

Alex Burghart and Colum Eastwood voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 788 shared comparable votes.

27 same votes 761 different votes 788 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
4 Aye 8 No
Education 17% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
21 Aye 63 No
Tax 7% aligned 84 shared votes
57 Aye 27 No
7 Aye 12 No
Digital / Online Safety 5% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No
14 Aye 15 No
Benefits 3% aligned 29 shared votes
14 Aye 15 No
89 Aye 38 No
Migration 2% aligned 127 shared votes
35 Aye 92 No
Most different by topic
47 Aye 40 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 87 shared votes
40 Aye 47 No
15 Aye 30 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 45 shared votes
30 Aye 15 No
22 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 41 shared votes
19 Aye 22 No
21 Aye 18 No
Trade 0% aligned 39 shared votes
18 Aye 21 No
11 Aye 20 No
Defence 0% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

85.1%
12% above average
Rank 90 of 649
Participation
53.4%
19% below average
Rank 612 of 649
1,805
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
885
1,658 eligible divisions
870
48.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
487
55.0% of votes cast
935
51.8% of votes cast
No votes
398
45.0% of votes cast
4
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

80
-2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 261 of 649
Appearances
21
-61.3 vs Commons average
Rank 592 of 649
132
-11.5 vs Commons average
Rank 230 of 649
Contributions
32
-111.5 vs Commons average
Rank 568 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,112,100
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,517,457
all imported IPSA years
£203,620
10% below average
Latest expenses
£327,867
45% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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

Brexit / EU
188 of 188 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
48 of 50 votes
Trade
83 of 87 votes
#2
Migration
128 of 154 votes
Migration
154 of 163 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
Devolution / Local Government
58 of 63 votes
#4
Work / Employment
55 of 67 votes
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 49 votes
#5
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Data (Use and Access) Bill: Motion to insist on disagreement to LA49 and make (a) to (e) in lieu 10 Jun 2025
Digital / Online Safety
No
Aye
Opposition Day: Winter Fuel Payment 19 Mar 2025
Aye
No
National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill: Motion to Disagree with Lords Amendment 8 19 Mar 2025
Tax
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 4 19 Mar 2025
Tax
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill: Motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 3 19 Mar 2025
Tax
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill: Motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 2 19 Mar 2025
Tax
No
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