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Colum Eastwood vs John McDonnell

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 John McDonnell
John McDonnell
Lab Hayes and Harlington

Voting alignment

Colum Eastwood and John McDonnell voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 776 shared comparable votes.

762 same votes 14 different votes 776 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
36 Aye 91 No
Migration 100% aligned 127 shared votes
36 Aye 91 No
32 Aye 54 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 86 shared votes
32 Aye 54 No
22 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 45 shared votes
22 Aye 23 No
24 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 42 shared votes
24 Aye 18 No
19 Aye 17 No
Benefits 100% aligned 36 shared votes
19 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 10 No
Democracy / Parliament 88% aligned 16 shared votes
4 Aye 12 No
62 Aye 25 No
Tax 93% aligned 87 shared votes
66 Aye 21 No
13 Aye 8 No
Digital / Online Safety 95% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
29 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 96% aligned 50 shared votes
29 Aye 21 No
36 Aye 91 No
Migration 100% aligned 127 shared votes
36 Aye 91 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

54.8 %
18 % below average
Rank 609 of 648
Participation
79.1 %
6 % above average
Rank 234 of 648
873
1,594 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,829
2,312 eligible divisions
478
54.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,003
54.8 % of votes cast
395
45.2 % of votes cast
No votes
826
45.2 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
22
1.2 % of votes cast
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

10
-50.4 vs Commons average
Rank 621 of 648
Appearances
87
+26.6 vs Commons average
Rank 116 of 648
21
-87.9 vs Commons average
Rank 589 of 648
Contributions
118
+9.1 vs Commons average
Rank 178 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,517,457
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,684,777
all imported IPSA years
£327,867
45 % above average
Latest expenses
£269,647
19 % above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Defence
54 of 59 votes
Migration
128 of 152 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
#3
Work / Employment
68 of 75 votes
Work / Employment
53 of 65 votes
#4
Migration
151 of 169 votes
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
40 of 45 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 60 15 Sep 2025
Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Data (Use and Access) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 7 May 2025
Digital / Online Safety
No
Aye
Opposition Day: Winter Fuel Payment 19 Mar 2025
No
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
Aye
Employment Rights Bill Report Stage: New Clause 10 11 Mar 2025
Work / Employment
No
Aye
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 7 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 36, 90 and 155, insist on Amendments 155A to 155F and propose Amendment (a) 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 89B and 89C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to insist on Amendments 439C and 439D and disagree with Lords Amendments 439E and 439F 22 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
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
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