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Colum Eastwood vs Clive Efford

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 Clive Efford
Clive Efford
Lab Eltham and Chislehurst

Voting alignment

Colum Eastwood and Clive Efford voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 738 shared comparable votes.

720 same votes 18 different votes 738 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
29 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 46 shared votes
29 Aye 17 No
18 Aye 22 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 40 shared votes
18 Aye 22 No
15 Aye 18 No
Trade 100% aligned 33 shared votes
15 Aye 18 No
20 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 32 shared votes
20 Aye 12 No
11 Aye 21 No
Transport 100% aligned 32 shared votes
11 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 82% aligned 17 shared votes
12 Aye 5 No
10 Aye 6 No
Education 88% aligned 16 shared votes
12 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 12 No
Democracy / Parliament 89% aligned 18 shared votes
4 Aye 14 No
17 Aye 13 No
Benefits 93% aligned 30 shared votes
15 Aye 15 No
24 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 98% aligned 40 shared votes
25 Aye 15 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
76.2 %
3 % above average
Rank 287 of 649
882
1,643 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,798
2,361 eligible divisions
485
55.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,017
56.6 % of votes cast
397
45.0 % of votes cast
No votes
781
43.4 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2 % of votes cast
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
29 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

17
-60.9 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 650
Appearances
93
+15.1 vs Commons average
Rank 170 of 650
28
-110.3 vs Commons average
Rank 576 of 650
Contributions
81
-57.3 vs Commons average
Rank 382 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
£2,722,645
all imported IPSA years
£327,867
45 % above average
Latest expenses
£265,723
18 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
67 of 69 votes
Migration
128 of 154 votes
#2
Migration
150 of 171 votes
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
#3
Education
84 of 96 votes
Work / Employment
55 of 67 votes
#4
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 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
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 15 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
No
Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 60 15 Sep 2025
Work / Employment
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
No
Data (Use and Access) Bill: Motion to insist on disagreement to LA49 and make (a) to (e) in lieu 10 Jun 2025
Digital / Online Safety
Aye
No
Data Use and Access Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 49D 22 May 2025
Aye
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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