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Colum Eastwood vs Emily Thornberry

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 Emily Thornberry
Emily Thornberry
Lab Islington South and Finsbury

Voting alignment

Colum Eastwood and Emily Thornberry voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 611 shared comparable votes.

593 same votes 18 different votes 611 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
28 Aye 78 No
Migration 100% aligned 106 shared votes
28 Aye 78 No
28 Aye 42 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 70 shared votes
28 Aye 42 No
22 Aye 16 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 38 shared votes
22 Aye 16 No
19 Aye 9 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
9 Aye 19 No
Trade 100% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
49 Aye 20 No
Tax 91% aligned 69 shared votes
53 Aye 16 No
12 Aye 10 No
Benefits 95% aligned 22 shared votes
13 Aye 9 No
29 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 98% aligned 42 shared votes
30 Aye 12 No
28 Aye 78 No
Migration 100% aligned 106 shared votes
28 Aye 78 No
28 Aye 42 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 70 shared votes
28 Aye 42 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
62.0%
10% below average
Rank 545 of 649
884
1,650 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,468
2,368 eligible divisions
486
55.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
814
55.4% of votes cast
398
45.0% of votes cast
No votes
654
44.6% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

18
-62.0 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 649
Appearances
76
-4.0 vs Commons average
Rank 280 of 649
29
-110.4 vs Commons average
Rank 574 of 649
Contributions
128
-11.4 vs Commons average
Rank 234 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
£2,941,443
all imported IPSA years
£327,867
45% above average
Latest expenses
£294,489
30% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
167 of 211 votes
Migration
128 of 154 votes
#2
Housing
48 of 66 votes
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
#3
Migration
124 of 171 votes
Work / Employment
55 of 67 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
49 of 69 votes
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
#5
Work / Employment
53 of 77 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
Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 60 15 Sept 2025
Work / Employment
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
No
Data Use and Access Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 49D 22 May 2025
Aye
No
National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill: Motion to Disagree with Lords Amendment 8 19 Mar 2025
Tax
Aye
No
National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 4 19 Mar 2025
Tax
Aye
No
National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill: Motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 3 19 Mar 2025
Tax
Aye
No
National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill: Motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 2 19 Mar 2025
Tax
Aye
No
National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill: Motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 1 19 Mar 2025
Tax
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
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
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
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
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Voting source Commons Votes API