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Colum Eastwood vs Angela Rayner

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 Angela Rayner
Angela Rayner
Lab Ashton-under-Lyne

Voting alignment

Colum Eastwood and Angela Rayner voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 665 shared comparable votes.

651 same votes 14 different votes 665 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
24 Aye 74 No
Migration 100% aligned 98 shared votes
24 Aye 74 No
33 Aye 48 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 81 shared votes
33 Aye 48 No
58 Aye 12 No
Tax 100% aligned 70 shared votes
58 Aye 12 No
22 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 45 shared votes
22 Aye 23 No
27 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 44 shared votes
27 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 12 No
Democracy / Parliament 89% aligned 18 shared votes
4 Aye 14 No
9 Aye 1 No
Education 90% aligned 10 shared votes
10 Aye 0 No
9 Aye 5 No
Benefits 93% aligned 14 shared votes
10 Aye 4 No
21 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 98% aligned 42 shared votes
20 Aye 22 No
24 Aye 74 No
Migration 100% aligned 98 shared votes
24 Aye 74 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
66.4%
6% below average
Rank 495 of 649
885
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,577
2,376 eligible divisions
487
55.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
878
55.7% of votes cast
398
45.0% of votes cast
No votes
699
44.3% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.3% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

22
-61.6 vs Commons average
Rank 591 of 650
Appearances
28
-55.6 vs Commons average
Rank 568 of 650
33
-112.7 vs Commons average
Rank 569 of 650
Contributions
357
+211.3 vs Commons average
Rank 45 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
£1,886,725
all imported IPSA years
£327,867
45% above average
Latest expenses
£219,458
3% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
24
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
64 of 69 votes
Migration
128 of 154 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
Work / Employment
55 of 67 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
51 of 66 votes
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
#5
Work / Employment
59 of 77 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
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
Aye
Employment Rights Bill Report Stage: New Clause 10 11 Mar 2025
Work / Employment
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No rebel
Aye
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 7 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations 2024 (SI, 2024, No. 869): motion to annul 10 Sept 2024
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
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
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