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Colum Eastwood vs Pat McFadden

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 Pat McFadden
Pat McFadden
Lab Wolverhampton South East

Voting alignment

Colum Eastwood and Pat McFadden voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 699 shared comparable votes.

675 same votes 24 different votes 699 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
34 Aye 76 No
Migration 100% aligned 110 shared votes
34 Aye 76 No
41 Aye 41 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 82 shared votes
41 Aye 41 No
23 Aye 21 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 44 shared votes
23 Aye 21 No
20 Aye 19 No
Trade 100% aligned 39 shared votes
20 Aye 19 No
23 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 35 shared votes
23 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 15 No
Benefits 79% aligned 33 shared votes
17 Aye 16 No
8 Aye 3 No
Education 82% aligned 11 shared votes
10 Aye 1 No
13 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 88% aligned 16 shared votes
11 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 12 No
Democracy / Parliament 89% aligned 18 shared votes
4 Aye 14 No
28 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 96% aligned 48 shared votes
26 Aye 22 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
65.7%
7% below average
Rank 507 of 650
903
1,687 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,579
2,405 eligible divisions
498
55.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
907
57.4% of votes cast
405
44.9% of votes cast
No votes
672
42.6% 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
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

32
-56.8 vs Commons average
Rank 562 of 650
Appearances
46
-42.8 vs Commons average
Rank 498 of 650
82
-72.6 vs Commons average
Rank 427 of 650
Contributions
390
+235.4 vs Commons average
Rank 44 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
£2,498,186
all imported IPSA years
£327,867
45% above average
Latest expenses
£225,631
same as average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
59 of 63 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
185 of 212 votes
Migration
128 of 154 votes
#2
Trade
78 of 94 votes
Work / Employment
58 of 70 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
68 of 82 votes
Brexit / EU
53 of 64 votes
#4
NHS / Health
46 of 56 votes
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
39 of 49 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: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 15 Apr 2026
Education
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: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Opposition Day motion: MoD Bicester and illegal migrants 14 Oct 2026
No
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