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Colum Eastwood vs Dr Andrew Murrison

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 Dr Andrew Murrison
Dr Andrew Murrison
Con South West Wiltshire

Voting alignment

Colum Eastwood and Dr Andrew Murrison voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 755 shared comparable votes.

30 same votes 725 different votes 755 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
5 Aye 6 No
Education 18% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
13 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 16 shared votes
4 Aye 12 No
59 Aye 26 No
Tax 6% aligned 85 shared votes
21 Aye 64 No
9 Aye 8 No
Digital / Online Safety 6% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No
17 Aye 18 No
Benefits 6% aligned 35 shared votes
16 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 37 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 74 shared votes
37 Aye 37 No
26 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 42 shared votes
16 Aye 26 No
16 Aye 20 No
Trade 0% aligned 36 shared votes
20 Aye 16 No
20 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 30 shared votes
10 Aye 20 No
9 Aye 18 No
Transport 0% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

53.4%
19% below average
Rank 612 of 649
Participation
83.0%
10% above average
Rank 134 of 649
885
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,973
2,376 eligible divisions
487
55.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
942
47.7% of votes cast
398
45.0% of votes cast
No votes
1,031
52.3% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
25 years, 4 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

22
-61.6 vs Commons average
Rank 591 of 650
Appearances
231
+147.4 vs Commons average
Rank 12 of 650
33
-112.7 vs Commons average
Rank 569 of 650
Contributions
273
+127.3 vs Commons average
Rank 73 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
£1,842,285
all imported IPSA years
£327,867
45% above average
Latest expenses
£170,920
24% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
4 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Migration
128 of 154 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
#3
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Work / Employment
55 of 67 votes
#4
Migration
154 of 171 votes
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
#5
Work / Employment
69 of 77 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
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
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 60 15 Sept 2025
Work / Employment
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
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
No
No
Data Use and Access Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 49D 22 May 2025
No
Aye
Opposition Day: Winter Fuel Payment 19 Mar 2025
Aye
No
National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill: Motion to Disagree with Lords Amendment 8 19 Mar 2025
Tax
No
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