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Colum Eastwood vs Ben Lake

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Colum Eastwood and Ben Lake voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 777 shared comparable votes.

755 same votes 22 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
34 Aye 92 No
Migration 100% aligned 126 shared votes
34 Aye 92 No
24 Aye 25 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 49 shared votes
24 Aye 25 No
27 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 45 shared votes
27 Aye 18 No
18 Aye 21 No
Trade 100% aligned 39 shared votes
18 Aye 21 No
19 Aye 16 No
Benefits 100% aligned 35 shared votes
19 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
10 Aye 19 No
Transport 86% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
18 Aye 11 No
Defence 90% aligned 29 shared votes
17 Aye 12 No
4 Aye 6 No
Housing 90% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
56 Aye 20 No
Tax 93% aligned 76 shared votes
57 Aye 19 No
31 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 94% aligned 52 shared votes
28 Aye 24 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
75.8%
3% above average
Rank 292 of 649
885
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
487
55.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
55.8% of votes cast
398
45.0% of votes cast
No votes
710
44.2% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

22
-61.6 vs Commons average
Rank 591 of 650
Appearances
67
-16.6 vs Commons average
Rank 334 of 650
33
-112.7 vs Commons average
Rank 569 of 650
Contributions
69
-76.7 vs Commons average
Rank 448 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
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£327,867
45% above average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
182 of 188 votes
Migration
128 of 154 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 163 votes
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
#3
Trade
81 of 87 votes
Work / Employment
55 of 67 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
#5
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API