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Colum Eastwood vs Mike Wood

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 Mike Wood
Mike Wood
Con Kingswinford and South Staffordshire

Voting alignment

Colum Eastwood and Mike Wood voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 741 shared comparable votes.

23 same votes 718 different votes 741 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
8 Aye 5 No
Education 23% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 7 No
Digital / Online Safety 7% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
17 Aye 18 No
Benefits 6% aligned 35 shared votes
16 Aye 19 No
14 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No
27 Aye 87 No
Migration 3% aligned 114 shared votes
84 Aye 30 No
Most different by topic
39 Aye 53 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 92 shared votes
53 Aye 39 No
30 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 48 shared votes
18 Aye 30 No
15 Aye 21 No
Trade 0% aligned 36 shared votes
21 Aye 15 No
15 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
19 Aye 15 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

53.4%
19% below average
Rank 612 of 649
Participation
86.2%
14% above average
Rank 72 of 649
885
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,049
2,376 eligible divisions
487
55.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
986
48.1% of votes cast
398
45.0% of votes cast
No votes
1,063
51.9% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.4% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

22
-61.6 vs Commons average
Rank 591 of 650
Appearances
112
+28.4 vs Commons average
Rank 135 of 650
33
-112.7 vs Commons average
Rank 569 of 650
Contributions
149
+3.3 vs Commons average
Rank 207 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
£2,040,385
all imported IPSA years
£327,867
45% above average
Latest expenses
£275,907
22% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Migration
128 of 154 votes
#2
Migration
162 of 171 votes
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
#3
Defence
67 of 71 votes
Work / Employment
55 of 67 votes
#4
Trade
84 of 91 votes
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
#5
Housing
61 of 67 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
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
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
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
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
No
Data Use and Access Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 49D 22 May 2025
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations 2024 (SI, 2024, No. 869): motion to annul 10 Sept 2024
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
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