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Colum Eastwood vs David Taylor

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 David Taylor
David Taylor
Lab Hemel Hempstead

Voting alignment

Colum Eastwood and David Taylor voted the same way 84% of the time, based on 166 shared comparable votes.

140 same votes 26 different votes 166 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
6 Aye 6 No
Housing 100% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 4 No
Defence 100% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 4 No
Transport 100% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 0 No
Energy 100% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 5 No
Benefits 50% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 3 No
Migration 67% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 75% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
17 Aye 15 No
Tax 84% aligned 32 shared votes
22 Aye 10 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 613 of 650
Participation
80.0%
8% above average
Rank 196 of 650
903
1,688 eligible divisions
Total votes
496
620 eligible divisions
498
55.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
247
49.8% of votes cast
405
44.9% of votes cast
No votes
249
50.2% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

33
-60.0 vs Commons average
Rank 568 of 650
Appearances
34
-59.0 vs Commons average
Rank 558 of 650
87
-75.0 vs Commons average
Rank 422 of 650
Contributions
40
-122.0 vs Commons average
Rank 567 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
£181,421
all imported IPSA years
£327,867
45% above average
Latest expenses
£181,421
20% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
6
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Migration
128 of 154 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Work / Employment
58 of 70 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Brexit / EU
53 of 64 votes
#4
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 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
Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 60 15 Sept 2025
Work / Employment
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
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
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
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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