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Colum Eastwood vs Richard Burgon

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 Richard Burgon
Richard Burgon
Lab Leeds East

Voting alignment

Colum Eastwood and Richard Burgon voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 796 shared comparable votes.

783 same votes 13 different votes 796 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 88 No
Migration 100% aligned 122 shared votes
34 Aye 88 No
41 Aye 50 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 91 shared votes
41 Aye 50 No
22 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 45 shared votes
22 Aye 23 No
25 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 41 shared votes
25 Aye 16 No
18 Aye 20 No
Trade 100% aligned 38 shared votes
18 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 7 No
Digital / Online Safety 90% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 90% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No
31 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 96% aligned 54 shared votes
31 Aye 23 No
61 Aye 22 No
Tax 99% aligned 83 shared votes
60 Aye 23 No
34 Aye 88 No
Migration 100% aligned 122 shared votes
34 Aye 88 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
80.1%
7% above average
Rank 194 of 649
885
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,903
2,376 eligible divisions
487
55.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,042
54.8% of votes cast
398
45.0% of votes cast
No votes
861
45.2% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
45
2.4% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

22
-61.6 vs Commons average
Rank 591 of 650
Appearances
85
+1.4 vs Commons average
Rank 240 of 650
33
-112.7 vs Commons average
Rank 569 of 650
Contributions
97
-48.7 vs Commons average
Rank 345 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
£2,305,544
all imported IPSA years
£327,867
45% above average
Latest expenses
£301,574
33% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
Migration
128 of 154 votes
#2
Work / Employment
72 of 77 votes
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
#3
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
Work / Employment
55 of 67 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No rebel
No
Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 60 15 Sept 2025
Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No rebel
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
Employment Rights Bill Report Stage: New Clause 10 11 Mar 2025
Work / Employment
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
Aye
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 7 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sept 2023
Aye
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
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
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
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