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Colum Eastwood vs Rebecca Paul

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 Rebecca Paul
Rebecca Paul
Con Reigate

Voting alignment

Colum Eastwood and Rebecca Paul voted the same way 9% of the time, based on 149 shared comparable votes.

14 same votes 135 different votes 149 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
5 Aye 3 No
Benefits 25% aligned 8 shared votes
1 Aye 7 No
14 Aye 14 No
Tax 18% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
3 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 5 No
Education 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
20 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 4% aligned 26 shared votes
5 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
9 Aye 6 No
Housing 0% aligned 15 shared votes
6 Aye 9 No
6 Aye 5 No
Transport 0% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 3 No
Defence 0% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 3 No
Migration 0% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

53.4%
19% below average
Rank 612 of 649
Participation
78.8%
6% above average
Rank 226 of 649
885
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
465
590 eligible divisions
487
55.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
209
44.9% of votes cast
398
45.0% of votes cast
No votes
256
55.1% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

21
-61.1 vs Commons average
Rank 591 of 649
Appearances
101
+18.9 vs Commons average
Rank 164 of 649
32
-110.9 vs Commons average
Rank 567 of 649
Contributions
146
+3.1 vs Commons average
Rank 203 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
£124,847
all imported IPSA years
£327,867
45% above average
Latest expenses
£124,847
45% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 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
48 of 50 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Migration
128 of 154 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
#3
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
Work / Employment
55 of 67 votes
#4
Defence
30 of 34 votes
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
#5
Housing
28 of 32 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 60 15 Sept 2025
Work / Employment
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
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
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API