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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 682 shared comparable votes.

660 same votes 22 different votes 682 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
22 Aye 21 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 43 shared votes
22 Aye 21 No
24 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 39 shared votes
24 Aye 15 No
17 Aye 19 No
Trade 100% aligned 36 shared votes
17 Aye 19 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
53 Aye 16 No
Tax 99% aligned 69 shared votes
52 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

53.6%
19% below average
Rank 612 of 649
Participation
65.5%
7% below average
Rank 510 of 649
884
1,650 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,550
2,368 eligible divisions
486
55.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
895
57.7% of votes cast
398
45.0% of votes cast
No votes
655
42.3% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

18
-62.0 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 649
Appearances
35
-45.0 vs Commons average
Rank 523 of 649
29
-110.4 vs Commons average
Rank 574 of 649
Contributions
255
+115.6 vs Commons average
Rank 78 of 649

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
48 of 50 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
184 of 211 votes
Migration
128 of 154 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
#3
Trade
75 of 91 votes
Work / Employment
55 of 67 votes
#4
NHS / Health
46 of 56 votes
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
38 of 48 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 12 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
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
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