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Colum Eastwood vs Rushanara Ali

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Colum Eastwood and Rushanara Ali voted the same way 95% of the time, based on 756 shared comparable votes.

721 same votes 35 different votes 756 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
23 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 46 shared votes
23 Aye 23 No
20 Aye 19 No
Trade 100% aligned 39 shared votes
20 Aye 19 No
13 Aye 17 No
Transport 100% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
18 Aye 10 No
Defence 100% aligned 28 shared votes
18 Aye 10 No
14 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 25 shared votes
14 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 15 No
Benefits 79% aligned 34 shared votes
18 Aye 16 No
8 Aye 5 No
Education 85% aligned 13 shared votes
10 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 88% aligned 16 shared votes
3 Aye 13 No
59 Aye 26 No
Tax 93% aligned 85 shared votes
63 Aye 22 No
34 Aye 22 No
Foreign Affairs 96% aligned 56 shared votes
32 Aye 24 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 612 of 650
Participation
76.5%
4% above average
Rank 276 of 650
903
1,687 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,839
2,405 eligible divisions
498
55.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,036
56.3% of votes cast
405
44.9% of votes cast
No votes
803
43.7% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
20
1.1% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

32
-56.8 vs Commons average
Rank 562 of 650
Appearances
48
-40.8 vs Commons average
Rank 482 of 650
82
-72.6 vs Commons average
Rank 427 of 650
Contributions
45
-109.6 vs Commons average
Rank 537 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
£2,943,041
all imported IPSA years
£327,867
45% above average
Latest expenses
£325,502
44% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 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
Foreign Affairs
79 of 82 votes
Migration
128 of 154 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
45 of 49 votes
Work / Employment
58 of 70 votes
#3
Trade
83 of 94 votes
Brexit / EU
53 of 64 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
187 of 212 votes
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
#5
Housing
59 of 67 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API