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Colum Eastwood vs Alex Ballinger

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
Photograph of Alex Ballinger
Alex Ballinger
Lab Halesowen

Voting alignment

Colum Eastwood and Alex Ballinger voted the same way 85% of the time, based on 149 shared comparable votes.

126 same votes 23 different votes 149 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 7 No
Tax 100% aligned 23 shared votes
16 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 7 No
Transport 100% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 3 No
Housing 100% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 1 No
Defence 100% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 0 No
Energy 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 6 No
Benefits 46% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 67% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 3 No
Migration 67% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 2 No
Education 75% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 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
75.3%
3% above average
Rank 305 of 649
885
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
444
590 eligible divisions
487
55.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
212
47.7% of votes cast
398
45.0% of votes cast
No votes
232
52.3% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% 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
72
-9.7 vs Commons average
Rank 304 of 649
31
-111.3 vs Commons average
Rank 569 of 649
Contributions
110
-32.3 vs Commons average
Rank 300 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
£211,093
all imported IPSA years
£327,867
45% above average
Latest expenses
£211,093
7% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 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
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Migration
128 of 154 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Work / Employment
55 of 67 votes
#4
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
#5
Trade
6 of 7 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: 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
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
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
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
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
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