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Colum Eastwood vs Alan Mak

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

Photograph of Colum Eastwood
Colum Eastwood
SDLP Foyle
vs
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Alan Mak
Con Havant

Voting alignment

Colum Eastwood and Alan Mak voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 762 shared comparable votes.

29 same votes 733 different votes 762 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
8 Aye 6 No
Education 21% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 No
3 Aye 7 No
Digital / Online Safety 10% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
54 Aye 23 No
Tax 6% aligned 77 shared votes
18 Aye 59 No
13 Aye 13 No
Benefits 4% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No
21 Aye 11 No
Defence 3% aligned 32 shared votes
10 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
42 Aye 52 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 94 shared votes
52 Aye 42 No
23 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 39 shared votes
16 Aye 23 No
17 Aye 20 No
Trade 0% aligned 37 shared votes
20 Aye 17 No
10 Aye 18 No
Transport 0% aligned 28 shared votes
18 Aye 10 No
14 Aye 11 No
Housing 0% aligned 25 shared votes
11 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

53.4%
19% below average
Rank 612 of 649
Participation
85.3%
13% above average
Rank 87 of 649
885
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,027
2,376 eligible divisions
487
55.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
960
47.4% of votes cast
398
45.0% of votes cast
No votes
1,067
52.6% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

22
-61.6 vs Commons average
Rank 591 of 650
Appearances
24
-59.6 vs Commons average
Rank 581 of 650
33
-112.7 vs Commons average
Rank 569 of 650
Contributions
27
-118.7 vs Commons average
Rank 590 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,517,457
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,951,902
all imported IPSA years
£327,867
45% above average
Latest expenses
£292,278
29% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
24
7 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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

Foreign Affairs
48 of 50 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
205 of 211 votes
Migration
128 of 154 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
#3
Trade
84 of 91 votes
Work / Employment
55 of 67 votes
#4
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
#5
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 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
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: Amendment 9 20 Oct 2025
Defence
No
No
Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 60 15 Sept 2025
Work / Employment
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
No
Data Use and Access Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 49D 22 May 2025
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
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