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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 770 shared comparable votes.

737 same votes 33 different votes 770 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
23 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 46 shared votes
23 Aye 23 No
20 Aye 19 No
Trade 100% aligned 39 shared votes
20 Aye 19 No
20 Aye 11 No
Defence 100% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
12 Aye 15 No
Transport 100% aligned 27 shared votes
12 Aye 15 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

53.5%
19% below average
Rank 612 of 650
Participation
73.8%
1% above average
Rank 335 of 650
903
1,687 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,245
1,687 eligible divisions
498
55.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
657
52.8% of votes cast
405
44.9% of votes cast
No votes
588
47.2% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

32
-56.8 vs Commons average
Rank 562 of 650
Appearances
104
+15.2 vs Commons average
Rank 183 of 650
82
-72.6 vs Commons average
Rank 427 of 650
Contributions
766
+611.4 vs Commons average
Rank 6 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
£1,325,130
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
59 of 63 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
43 of 45 votes
Migration
128 of 154 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
57 of 63 votes
Work / Employment
58 of 70 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 54 votes
Brexit / EU
53 of 64 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
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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
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
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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