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Colum Eastwood vs Catherine McKinnell

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 Catherine McKinnell
Catherine McKinnell
Lab Newcastle upon Tyne North

Voting alignment

Colum Eastwood and Catherine McKinnell voted the same way 96% of the time, based on 678 shared comparable votes.

650 same votes 28 different votes 678 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
35 Aye 43 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 78 shared votes
35 Aye 43 No
23 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 38 shared votes
23 Aye 15 No
15 Aye 20 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 35 shared votes
15 Aye 20 No
12 Aye 21 No
Transport 100% aligned 33 shared votes
12 Aye 21 No
18 Aye 10 No
Defence 100% aligned 28 shared votes
18 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 15 No
Benefits 78% aligned 32 shared votes
16 Aye 16 No
9 Aye 8 No
Digital / Online Safety 82% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
6 Aye 10 No
Democracy / Parliament 88% aligned 16 shared votes
4 Aye 12 No
52 Aye 24 No
Tax 92% aligned 76 shared votes
56 Aye 20 No
30 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 96% aligned 46 shared votes
30 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

54.4 %
19 % below average
Rank 608 of 647
Participation
68.1 %
5 % below average
Rank 471 of 647
873
1,605 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,582
2,323 eligible divisions
478
54.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
872
55.1 % of votes cast
395
45.2 % of votes cast
No votes
710
44.9 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
16
1.0 % of votes cast
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

10
-53.6 vs Commons average
Rank 616 of 647
Appearances
24
-39.6 vs Commons average
Rank 550 of 647
21
-92.6 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 647
Contributions
49
-64.6 vs Commons average
Rank 465 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£1,517,457
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,918,801
all imported IPSA years
£327,867
45 % above average
Latest expenses
£312,180
38 % above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 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
Work / Employment
63 of 75 votes
Migration
128 of 152 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
#3
Housing
53 of 66 votes
Work / Employment
53 of 65 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
#5
Trade
69 of 88 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
No
Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 60 15 Sep 2025
Work / Employment
Aye
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
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
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
Aye
Draft Energy Prices Act 2022 (Extension of Time Limit) Regulations 2026 22 Apr 2026
Cost of Living Energy
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading 23 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Opposition Day: British Indian Ocean Territory 28 Jan 2026
No
Aye
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 20 Jan 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 20 Jan 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 20 Jan 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: Clause 86 stand part 13 Jan 2026
Tax
Aye
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