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Colum Eastwood vs Peter Dowd

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
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Peter Dowd
Lab Bootle

Voting alignment

Colum Eastwood and Peter Dowd voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 605 shared comparable votes.

584 same votes 21 different votes 605 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
17 Aye 19 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 36 shared votes
17 Aye 19 No
20 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 33 shared votes
20 Aye 13 No
19 Aye 11 No
Defence 100% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 21 No
Transport 100% aligned 28 shared votes
7 Aye 21 No
8 Aye 19 No
Trade 100% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
10 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 79% aligned 14 shared votes
9 Aye 5 No
55 Aye 29 No
Tax 93% aligned 84 shared votes
59 Aye 25 No
25 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 96% aligned 45 shared votes
25 Aye 20 No
32 Aye 36 No
Migration 97% aligned 68 shared votes
30 Aye 38 No
36 Aye 51 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 87 shared votes
37 Aye 50 No

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

Voting record

54.4 %
19 % below average
Rank 608 of 647
Participation
69.3 %
4 % below average
Rank 451 of 647
873
1,605 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,610
2,323 eligible divisions
478
54.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
906
56.3 % of votes cast
395
45.2 % of votes cast
No votes
704
43.7 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % of votes cast
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

10
-53.6 vs Commons average
Rank 616 of 647
Appearances
27
-36.6 vs Commons average
Rank 538 of 647
21
-92.6 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 647
Contributions
13
-100.6 vs Commons average
Rank 615 of 647

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,517,457
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£327,867
45 % above average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7 % above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Defence
52 of 59 votes
Migration
128 of 152 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
#3
Work / Employment
62 of 75 votes
Work / Employment
53 of 65 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
#5
Transport
72 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 60 15 Sep 2025
Work / Employment
Aye
No
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
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
Aye
No
Data Use and Access Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 49D 22 May 2025
Aye
Aye
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 3 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
Data (Use and Access) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 2 7 May 2025
Digital / Online Safety
No
Aye
Data (Use and Access) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 7 May 2025
Digital / Online Safety
No
Aye
Opposition Day: Winter Fuel Payment 19 Mar 2025
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill: Motion to Disagree with Lords Amendment 8 19 Mar 2025
Tax
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
No
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading 23 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 20 Jan 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 20 Jan 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 20 Jan 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: Clause 86 stand part 13 Jan 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 25 13 Jan 2026
Tax
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API