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Colum Eastwood vs Alex Baker

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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Alex Baker
Lab Aldershot

Voting alignment

Colum Eastwood and Alex Baker voted the same way 85% of the time, based on 136 shared comparable votes.

115 same votes 21 different votes 136 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
16 Aye 5 No
Tax 100% aligned 21 shared votes
16 Aye 5 No
9 Aye 6 No
Housing 100% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 7 No
Transport 100% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 3 No
Defence 100% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 5 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 6 No
Benefits 42% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
2 Aye 3 No
Education 60% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 75% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
17 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 91% aligned 23 shared votes
17 Aye 6 No
16 Aye 5 No
Tax 100% aligned 21 shared votes
16 Aye 5 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
77.1%
5% above average
Rank 265 of 649
885
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
455
590 eligible divisions
487
55.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
243
53.4% of votes cast
398
45.0% of votes cast
No votes
212
46.6% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
13
2.9% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

20
-61.7 vs Commons average
Rank 592 of 649
Appearances
68
-13.7 vs Commons average
Rank 320 of 649
31
-111.3 vs Commons average
Rank 569 of 649
Contributions
95
-47.3 vs Commons average
Rank 345 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,517,457
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£175,028
all imported IPSA years
£327,867
45% above average
Latest expenses
£175,028
23% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Migration
128 of 154 votes
#2
Housing
31 of 32 votes
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
Work / Employment
55 of 67 votes
#4
Education
44 of 50 votes
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
#5
Energy
17 of 20 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
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
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 15 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
No
Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 60 15 Sept 2025
Work / Employment
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Clause 2, as amended, and Clause 3 stand part 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 12 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Where they voted the same
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 Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
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
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