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Colum Eastwood vs Mark Garnier

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
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Mark Garnier
Con Wyre Forest

Voting alignment

Colum Eastwood and Mark Garnier voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 761 shared comparable votes.

25 same votes 736 different votes 761 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
7 Aye 6 No
Education 23% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
17 Aye 16 No
Benefits 6% aligned 33 shared votes
14 Aye 19 No
11 Aye 7 No
Digital / Online Safety 6% aligned 18 shared votes
6 Aye 12 No
13 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
32 Aye 89 No
Migration 2% aligned 121 shared votes
86 Aye 35 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 44 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 81 shared votes
44 Aye 37 No
51 Aye 20 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
20 Aye 51 No
28 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 45 shared votes
17 Aye 28 No
17 Aye 20 No
Trade 0% aligned 37 shared votes
20 Aye 17 No
21 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 32 shared votes
11 Aye 21 No

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

Voting record

53.7 %
19 % below average
Rank 611 of 649
Participation
83.6 %
11 % above average
Rank 127 of 649
882
1,643 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,974
2,361 eligible divisions
485
55.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
962
48.7 % of votes cast
397
45.0 % of votes cast
No votes
1,012
51.3 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
23
1.2 % of votes cast
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

17
-60.9 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 650
Appearances
80
+2.1 vs Commons average
Rank 237 of 650
28
-110.3 vs Commons average
Rank 576 of 650
Contributions
248
+109.7 vs Commons average
Rank 80 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
£2,564,250
all imported IPSA years
£327,867
45 % above average
Latest expenses
£260,744
15 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
22
7 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
210 of 211 votes
Migration
128 of 154 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
55 of 67 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
#5
Migration
152 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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
No
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
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 89B and 89C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
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 Sep 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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Data (Use and Access) Bill: Motion to insist on disagreement to LA49 and make (a) to (e) in lieu 10 Jun 2025
Digital / Online Safety
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
Aye
Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations 2024 (SI, 2024, No. 869): motion to annul 10 Sep 2024
Aye
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