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Colum Eastwood vs Catherine West

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
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Catherine West
Lab Hornsey and Friern Barnet

Voting alignment

Colum Eastwood and Catherine West voted the same way 96% of the time, based on 697 shared comparable votes.

669 same votes 28 different votes 697 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
27 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 43 shared votes
27 Aye 16 No
20 Aye 21 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 41 shared votes
20 Aye 21 No
17 Aye 19 No
Trade 100% aligned 36 shared votes
17 Aye 19 No
14 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
14 Aye 16 No
8 Aye 20 No
Transport 100% aligned 28 shared votes
8 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 16 No
Benefits 79% aligned 34 shared votes
17 Aye 17 No
10 Aye 7 No
Digital / Online Safety 82% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 6 No
Education 86% aligned 14 shared votes
10 Aye 4 No
41 Aye 26 No
Tax 91% aligned 67 shared votes
45 Aye 22 No
35 Aye 89 No
Migration 98% aligned 124 shared votes
33 Aye 91 No

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

Voting record

53.6%
18% below average
Rank 599 of 649
Participation
73.4%
2% above average
Rank 338 of 649
884
1,650 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,739
2,368 eligible divisions
486
55.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
944
54.3% of votes cast
398
45.0% of votes cast
No votes
795
45.7% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.5% of votes cast
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

18
-62.0 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 649
Appearances
44
-36.0 vs Commons average
Rank 472 of 649
29
-110.4 vs Commons average
Rank 574 of 649
Contributions
51
-88.4 vs Commons average
Rank 493 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
£2,012,777
all imported IPSA years
£327,867
45% above average
Latest expenses
£264,778
17% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Education
86 of 96 votes
Migration
128 of 154 votes
#2
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
55 of 67 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 15 Apr 2026
Education
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
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
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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