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Colum Eastwood vs Gareth Thomas

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Colum Eastwood and Gareth Thomas voted the same way 96% of the time, based on 687 shared comparable votes.

661 same votes 26 different votes 687 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
34 Aye 77 No
Migration 100% aligned 111 shared votes
34 Aye 77 No
22 Aye 22 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 44 shared votes
22 Aye 22 No
14 Aye 17 No
Trade 100% aligned 31 shared votes
14 Aye 17 No
11 Aye 20 No
Transport 100% aligned 31 shared votes
11 Aye 20 No
16 Aye 11 No
Defence 100% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 16 No
Benefits 78% aligned 32 shared votes
15 Aye 17 No
60 Aye 24 No
Tax 93% aligned 84 shared votes
64 Aye 20 No
21 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 95% aligned 40 shared votes
19 Aye 21 No
21 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 97% aligned 37 shared votes
22 Aye 15 No
34 Aye 42 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 76 shared votes
35 Aye 41 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
66.5%
6% below average
Rank 486 of 650
903
1,687 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,599
2,405 eligible divisions
498
55.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
900
56.3% of votes cast
405
44.9% of votes cast
No votes
699
43.7% 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
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

32
-56.8 vs Commons average
Rank 562 of 650
Appearances
47
-41.8 vs Commons average
Rank 489 of 650
82
-72.6 vs Commons average
Rank 427 of 650
Contributions
51
-103.6 vs Commons average
Rank 521 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
£2,854,227
all imported IPSA years
£327,867
45% above average
Latest expenses
£293,113
30% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
14
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
180 of 212 votes
Migration
128 of 154 votes
#2
Defence
59 of 71 votes
Work / Employment
58 of 70 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Brexit / EU
53 of 64 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
61 of 82 votes
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
#5
NHS / Health
41 of 56 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API