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Colum Eastwood vs Mr Mark Francois

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 Mr Mark Francois
Mr Mark Francois
Con Rayleigh and Wickford

Voting alignment

Colum Eastwood and Mr Mark Francois voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 566 shared comparable votes.

18 same votes 548 different votes 566 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
10 Aye 18 No
Trade 14% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
7 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 9% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 No
41 Aye 22 No
Tax 6% aligned 63 shared votes
18 Aye 45 No
13 Aye 9 No
Housing 5% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No
12 Aye 15 No
Benefits 4% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 40 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 66 shared votes
40 Aye 26 No
19 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 35 shared votes
16 Aye 19 No
8 Aye 18 No
Transport 0% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 11 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
14 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 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
68.2 %
5 % below average
Rank 473 of 648
873
1,594 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,576
2,312 eligible divisions
478
54.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
731
46.4 % of votes cast
395
45.2 % of votes cast
No votes
845
53.6 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
36
2.3 % of votes cast
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
24 years, 11 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

10
-50.4 vs Commons average
Rank 621 of 648
Appearances
95
+34.6 vs Commons average
Rank 90 of 648
21
-87.9 vs Commons average
Rank 589 of 648
Contributions
266
+157.1 vs Commons average
Rank 46 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
£2,057,296
all imported IPSA years
£327,867
45 % above average
Latest expenses
£242,339
7 % above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
2 registered categories
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
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Migration
128 of 152 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
#3
Housing
52 of 66 votes
Work / Employment
53 of 65 votes
#4
Trade
69 of 88 votes
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
#5
Defence
46 of 59 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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 89B and 89C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
No
No
Opposition Day: British Indian Ocean Territory 28 Jan 2026
Aye
Aye
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 20 Jan 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 20 Jan 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 20 Jan 2026
Defence
No
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 25 13 Jan 2026
Tax
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
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
Aye
Opposition Day: Winter Fuel Payment 19 Mar 2025
Aye
No
National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill: Motion to Disagree with Lords Amendment 8 19 Mar 2025
Tax
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 4 19 Mar 2025
Tax
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill: Motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 3 19 Mar 2025
Tax
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill: Motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 1 19 Mar 2025
Tax
No
Aye
Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations 2024 (SI, 2024, No. 869): motion to annul 10 Sep 2024
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
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