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Colum Eastwood vs Dan Carden

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 Dan Carden
Dan Carden
Lab Liverpool Walton

Voting alignment

Colum Eastwood and Dan Carden voted the same way 96% of the time, based on 652 shared comparable votes.

623 same votes 29 different votes 652 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 49 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 76 shared votes
27 Aye 49 No
22 Aye 20 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 42 shared votes
22 Aye 20 No
18 Aye 19 No
Trade 100% aligned 37 shared votes
18 Aye 19 No
10 Aye 21 No
Transport 100% aligned 31 shared votes
10 Aye 21 No
15 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 15 No
Benefits 81% aligned 32 shared votes
15 Aye 17 No
13 Aye 8 No
Digital / Online Safety 86% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 2 No
Education 89% aligned 9 shared votes
8 Aye 1 No
61 Aye 25 No
Tax 93% aligned 86 shared votes
65 Aye 21 No
30 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 96% aligned 51 shared votes
28 Aye 23 No

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

Voting record

53.5%
19% below average
Rank 612 of 650
Participation
69.0%
3% below average
Rank 444 of 650
903
1,687 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,483
2,150 eligible divisions
498
55.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
816
55.0% of votes cast
405
44.9% of votes cast
No votes
667
45.0% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
10
0.7% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

32
-56.8 vs Commons average
Rank 562 of 650
Appearances
29
-59.8 vs Commons average
Rank 579 of 650
82
-72.6 vs Commons average
Rank 427 of 650
Contributions
40
-114.6 vs Commons average
Rank 556 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
£1,875,223
all imported IPSA years
£327,867
45% above average
Latest expenses
£298,675
32% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
16
5 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
59 of 63 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
74 of 82 votes
Migration
128 of 154 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
162 of 189 votes
Work / Employment
58 of 70 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 49 votes
Brexit / EU
53 of 64 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
52 of 63 votes
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
#5
Trade
73 of 90 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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 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
Where they voted the same
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Opposition Day motion: MoD Bicester and illegal migrants 14 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on the Right of Trade Unions to Access Workplaces 14 Oct 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft ACAS Code of Practice on Time Off for Trade Union Duties and Activities 14 Oct 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
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