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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 662 shared comparable votes.

648 same votes 14 different votes 662 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
5 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 88% aligned 16 shared votes
3 Aye 13 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

53.7 %
19 % below average
Rank 611 of 649
Participation
66.5 %
6 % below average
Rank 488 of 649
882
1,643 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,570
2,361 eligible divisions
485
55.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
876
55.8 % of votes cast
397
45.0 % of votes cast
No votes
694
44.2 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
3
0.2 % of votes cast
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

17
-60.9 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 650
Appearances
8
-69.9 vs Commons average
Rank 616 of 650
28
-110.3 vs Commons average
Rank 576 of 650
Contributions
10
-128.3 vs Commons average
Rank 615 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
22
4 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
Devolution / Local Government
51 of 66 votes
Work / Employment
55 of 67 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 43 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 Sep 2024
No
Where they voted the same
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
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
No
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