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Colum Eastwood vs Paulette Hamilton

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 Paulette Hamilton
Paulette Hamilton
Lab Birmingham Erdington

Voting alignment

Colum Eastwood and Paulette Hamilton voted the same way 93% of the time, based on 470 shared comparable votes.

437 same votes 33 different votes 470 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
11 Aye 8 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No
15 Aye 2 No
Energy 100% aligned 17 shared votes
15 Aye 2 No
9 Aye 8 No
Housing 100% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 4 No
Defence 100% aligned 14 shared votes
10 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 9 No
Transport 100% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
9 Aye 6 No
Benefits 53% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 78% aligned 9 shared votes
1 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 6 No
Education 85% aligned 13 shared votes
9 Aye 4 No
37 Aye 22 No
Tax 90% aligned 59 shared votes
41 Aye 18 No
13 Aye 7 No
Digital / Online Safety 90% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 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 613 of 650
Participation
73.7%
1% above average
Rank 336 of 650
903
1,688 eligible divisions
Total votes
884
1,200 eligible divisions
498
55.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
436
49.3% of votes cast
405
44.9% of votes cast
No votes
448
50.7% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.8% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
4 years, 7 months
Since 3 Mar 2022

Debates

32
-58.0 vs Commons average
Rank 567 of 650
Appearances
57
-33.0 vs Commons average
Rank 436 of 650
82
-74.6 vs Commons average
Rank 433 of 650
Contributions
68
-88.6 vs Commons average
Rank 476 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
£789,073
all imported IPSA years
£327,867
45% above average
Latest expenses
£285,345
26% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
1
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
59 of 63 votes
#1
Education
55 of 61 votes
Migration
128 of 154 votes
#2
Migration
113 of 126 votes
Work / Employment
58 of 70 votes
#3
Benefits
34 of 39 votes
Brexit / EU
53 of 64 votes
#4
Work / Employment
57 of 66 votes
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 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
Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 60 15 Sept 2025
Work / Employment
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
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
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