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Colum Eastwood vs Gareth Bacon

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 Gareth Bacon
Gareth Bacon
Con Orpington

Voting alignment

Colum Eastwood and Gareth Bacon voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 819 shared comparable votes.

25 same votes 794 different votes 819 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
8 Aye 6 No
Education 21% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 No
17 Aye 18 No
Benefits 6% aligned 35 shared votes
16 Aye 19 No
61 Aye 28 No
Tax 6% aligned 89 shared votes
23 Aye 66 No
33 Aye 92 No
Migration 2% aligned 125 shared votes
89 Aye 36 No
26 Aye 26 No
Brexit / EU 2% aligned 52 shared votes
25 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
43 Aye 52 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 95 shared votes
52 Aye 43 No
29 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 45 shared votes
16 Aye 29 No
18 Aye 21 No
Trade 0% aligned 39 shared votes
21 Aye 18 No
11 Aye 19 No
Transport 0% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
18 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 29 shared votes
11 Aye 18 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
87.7%
15% above average
Rank 51 of 649
885
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,454
1,658 eligible divisions
487
55.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
714
49.1% of votes cast
398
45.0% of votes cast
No votes
740
50.9% 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
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

22
-61.6 vs Commons average
Rank 591 of 650
Appearances
62
-21.6 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 650
33
-112.7 vs Commons average
Rank 569 of 650
Contributions
83
-62.7 vs Commons average
Rank 392 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
£1,123,891
all imported IPSA years
£327,867
45% above average
Latest expenses
£268,955
19% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
48 of 50 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Migration
128 of 154 votes
#2
Trade
52 of 53 votes
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
#3
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
Work / Employment
55 of 67 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 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
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
No
National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 4 19 Mar 2025
Tax
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill: Motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 3 19 Mar 2025
Tax
No
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