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Colum Eastwood vs Alison Taylor

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 Alison Taylor
Alison Taylor
Lab Paisley and Renfrewshire North

Voting alignment

Colum Eastwood and Alison Taylor voted the same way 74% of the time, based on 98 shared comparable votes.

73 same votes 25 different votes 98 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
9 Aye 4 No
Housing 100% aligned 13 shared votes
9 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 5 No
Transport 100% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 0 No
Energy 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 1 No
Education 100% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 5 No
Benefits 22% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 1 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 2 No
Migration 50% aligned 4 shared votes
0 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 60% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
15 Aye 10 No
Tax 80% aligned 25 shared votes
20 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

53.6 %
19 % below average
Rank 613 of 649
Participation
45.2 %
27 % below average
Rank 629 of 649
877
1,636 eligible divisions
Total votes
257
568 eligible divisions
482
55.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
113
44.0 % of votes cast
395
45.0 % of votes cast
No votes
144
56.0 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
12
4.7 % of votes cast
6 years, 7 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

13
-62.1 vs Commons average
Rank 605 of 649
Appearances
38
-37.1 vs Commons average
Rank 496 of 649
24
-109.3 vs Commons average
Rank 583 of 649
Contributions
52
-81.3 vs Commons average
Rank 488 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
£192,583
all imported IPSA years
£327,867
45 % above average
Latest expenses
£192,583
15 % below average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
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
48 of 50 votes
#1
NHS / Health
8 of 11 votes
Migration
128 of 152 votes
#2
Housing
22 of 31 votes
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
#3
Migration
7 of 11 votes
Work / Employment
53 of 65 votes
#4
Transport
18 of 29 votes
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
6 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
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
No
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No rebel
Where they voted the same
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
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 12 Jan 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 64: Rates of alcohol duty 2 Dec 2025
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 51: Inheritance tax (pension interests) 2 Dec 2025
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 28: Capital gains tax (employee-ownership trusts) 2 Dec 2025
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 5: Income tax (savings rate for future years) 2 Dec 2025
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 4: Income tax (dividend rates) 2 Dec 2025
Tax
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Second Reading 18 Nov 2025
Foreign Affairs
Aye
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Voting source Commons Votes API