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Ashley Dalton vs Colum Eastwood

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

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Ashley Dalton
Lab West Lancashire
vs
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Colum Eastwood
SDLP Foyle

Voting alignment

Ashley Dalton and Colum Eastwood voted the same way 93% of the time, based on 285 shared comparable votes.

266 same votes 19 different votes 285 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
18 Aye 53 No
Migration 100% aligned 71 shared votes
18 Aye 53 No
21 Aye 11 No
Tax 100% aligned 32 shared votes
21 Aye 11 No
11 Aye 4 No
Housing 100% aligned 15 shared votes
11 Aye 4 No
12 Aye 2 No
Energy 100% aligned 14 shared votes
12 Aye 2 No
7 Aye 6 No
Defence 100% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
7 Aye 7 No
Benefits 50% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 60% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
6 Aye 4 No
Education 90% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
12 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 96% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 96% aligned 26 shared votes
7 Aye 19 No

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

Voting record

63.6%
9% below average
Rank 532 of 649
Participation
53.4%
19% below average
Rank 612 of 649
590
928 eligible divisions
Total votes
885
1,658 eligible divisions
277
46.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
487
55.0% of votes cast
313
53.1% of votes cast
No votes
398
45.0% of votes cast
5
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
3 years, 7 months
Since 9 Feb 2023
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

47
-36.7 vs Commons average
Rank 472 of 649
Appearances
22
-61.7 vs Commons average
Rank 591 of 649
111
-34.9 vs Commons average
Rank 310 of 649
Contributions
33
-112.9 vs Commons average
Rank 569 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£607,098
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,517,457
all imported IPSA years
£323,917
43% above average
Latest expenses
£327,867
45% above average
1
1 registered category
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
6 of 6 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
48 of 50 votes
NHS / Health
16 of 17 votes
#2
Migration
128 of 154 votes
Migration
79 of 96 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
Trade
15 of 19 votes
#4
Work / Employment
55 of 67 votes
Energy
23 of 32 votes
#5
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
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
Aye
Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 60 15 Sept 2025
Work / Employment
No
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Clause 2, as amended, and Clause 3 stand part 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 12 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
No
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