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Colum Eastwood vs James Murray

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 James Murray
James Murray
Lab Ealing North

Voting alignment

Colum Eastwood and James Murray voted the same way 96% of the time, based on 751 shared comparable votes.

720 same votes 31 different votes 751 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
40 Aye 49 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 89 shared votes
40 Aye 49 No
22 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 45 shared votes
22 Aye 23 No
28 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 44 shared votes
28 Aye 16 No
17 Aye 19 No
Trade 100% aligned 36 shared votes
17 Aye 19 No
20 Aye 11 No
Defence 100% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 16 No
Benefits 79% aligned 33 shared votes
16 Aye 17 No
13 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 88% aligned 16 shared votes
11 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 90% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No
9 Aye 5 No
Education 93% aligned 14 shared votes
10 Aye 4 No
62 Aye 29 No
Tax 93% aligned 91 shared votes
66 Aye 25 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
73.3%
2% above average
Rank 341 of 649
884
1,650 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,210
1,650 eligible divisions
486
55.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
644
53.2% of votes cast
398
45.0% of votes cast
No votes
566
46.8% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

18
-62.0 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 649
Appearances
94
+14.0 vs Commons average
Rank 183 of 649
29
-110.4 vs Commons average
Rank 574 of 649
Contributions
733
+593.6 vs Commons average
Rank 7 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
£1,325,130
all imported IPSA years
£327,867
45% above average
Latest expenses
£293,355
30% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
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
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
Migration
128 of 154 votes
#2
Housing
48 of 53 votes
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
45 of 50 votes
Work / Employment
55 of 67 votes
#4
Migration
132 of 154 votes
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
#5
Education
58 of 69 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
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 15 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
No
Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 60 15 Sept 2025
Work / Employment
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Clause 2, as amended, and Clause 3 stand part 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 12 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
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
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
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