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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 620 shared comparable votes.

602 same votes 18 different votes 620 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
23 Aye 16 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 39 shared votes
23 Aye 16 No
12 Aye 19 No
Trade 100% aligned 31 shared votes
12 Aye 19 No
20 Aye 9 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 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
32 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 98% aligned 45 shared votes
33 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

53.5%
19% below average
Rank 612 of 650
Participation
61.5%
11% below average
Rank 560 of 650
903
1,687 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,479
2,405 eligible divisions
498
55.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
823
55.6% of votes cast
405
44.9% of votes cast
No votes
656
44.4% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

32
-56.8 vs Commons average
Rank 562 of 650
Appearances
81
-7.8 vs Commons average
Rank 294 of 650
82
-72.6 vs Commons average
Rank 427 of 650
Contributions
131
-23.6 vs Commons average
Rank 267 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
£2,941,443
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
59 of 63 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
168 of 212 votes
Migration
128 of 154 votes
#2
Migration
124 of 171 votes
Work / Employment
58 of 70 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 67 votes
Brexit / EU
53 of 64 votes
#4
Work / Employment
56 of 80 votes
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
#5
Transport
65 of 96 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
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Opposition Day motion: MoD Bicester and illegal migrants 14 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (Calculation of CBAM Rate and Determination of Carbon Price Relief) Regulations 2026 14 Oct 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Right to Access Workplaces) Regulations 2026 14 Oct 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
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
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
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Voting source Commons Votes API