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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.


Voting alignment

Colum Eastwood and Alex Ballinger voted the same way 85% of the time, based on 167 shared comparable votes.

142 same votes 25 different votes 167 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
7 Aye 7 No
Transport 100% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 3 No
Housing 100% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 0 No
Trade 100% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
4 Aye 1 No
Defence 100% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 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

53.5%
19% below average
Rank 613 of 650
Participation
76.5%
4% above average
Rank 277 of 650
903
1,688 eligible divisions
Total votes
474
620 eligible divisions
498
55.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
224
47.3% of votes cast
405
44.9% of votes cast
No votes
250
52.7% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

33
-59.5 vs Commons average
Rank 566 of 650
Appearances
92
-0.5 vs Commons average
Rank 250 of 650
87
-73.9 vs Commons average
Rank 421 of 650
Contributions
171
+10.1 vs Commons average
Rank 192 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
£211,093
all imported IPSA years
£327,867
45% above average
Latest expenses
£211,093
7% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 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
59 of 63 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Migration
128 of 154 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Work / Employment
58 of 70 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Brexit / EU
53 of 64 votes
#4
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
#5
Trade
9 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API