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Colum Eastwood vs Alex Burghart

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 Burghart
Alex Burghart
Con Brentwood and Ongar

Voting alignment

Colum Eastwood and Alex Burghart voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 777 shared comparable votes.

27 same votes 750 different votes 777 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
5 Aye 6 No
Education 18% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
57 Aye 27 No
Tax 7% aligned 84 shared votes
21 Aye 63 No
11 Aye 8 No
Digital / Online Safety 5% aligned 19 shared votes
7 Aye 12 No
14 Aye 15 No
Benefits 3% aligned 29 shared votes
14 Aye 15 No
35 Aye 92 No
Migration 2% aligned 127 shared votes
89 Aye 38 No
Most different by topic
40 Aye 47 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 87 shared votes
47 Aye 40 No
30 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 45 shared votes
15 Aye 30 No
17 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 39 shared votes
22 Aye 17 No
15 Aye 21 No
Trade 0% aligned 36 shared votes
21 Aye 15 No
20 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 31 shared votes
11 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

54.8 %
18 % below average
Rank 609 of 648
Participation
85.5 %
12 % above average
Rank 102 of 648
873
1,594 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,758
2,057 eligible divisions
478
54.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
844
48.0 % of votes cast
395
45.2 % of votes cast
No votes
914
52.0 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2 % of votes cast
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

10
-50.4 vs Commons average
Rank 621 of 648
Appearances
58
-2.4 vs Commons average
Rank 230 of 648
21
-87.9 vs Commons average
Rank 589 of 648
Contributions
103
-5.9 vs Commons average
Rank 215 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£1,517,457
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,112,100
all imported IPSA years
£327,867
45 % above average
Latest expenses
£203,620
10 % below average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
0
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
Brexit / EU
188 of 188 votes
Migration
128 of 152 votes
#2
Migration
154 of 161 votes
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
#3
Trade
80 of 84 votes
Work / Employment
53 of 65 votes
#4
Defence
55 of 59 votes
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 40 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 36, 90 and 155, insist on Amendments 155A to 155F and propose Amendment (a) 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 89B and 89C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to insist on Amendments 439C and 439D and disagree with Lords Amendments 439E and 439F 22 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Pensions Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88A and 88C and propose amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendment 88B 22 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
No
No
Opposition Day: British Indian Ocean Territory 28 Jan 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
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
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
No
National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 4 19 Mar 2025
Tax
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill: Motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 3 19 Mar 2025
Tax
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill: Motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 2 19 Mar 2025
Tax
No
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