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Colum Eastwood vs Sir Andrew Mitchell

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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Sir Andrew Mitchell
Con Sutton Coldfield

Voting alignment

Colum Eastwood and Sir Andrew Mitchell voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 564 shared comparable votes.

31 same votes 533 different votes 564 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
6 Aye 6 No
Education 17% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
22 Aye 75 No
Migration 10% aligned 97 shared votes
65 Aye 32 No
13 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 15 shared votes
3 Aye 12 No
10 Aye 10 No
Benefits 5% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 No
23 Aye 34 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 57 shared votes
36 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
42 Aye 19 No
Tax 0% aligned 61 shared votes
19 Aye 42 No
17 Aye 12 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
9 Aye 16 No
Trade 0% aligned 25 shared votes
16 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 13 No
Transport 0% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No
12 Aye 10 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 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
62.9%
10% below average
Rank 543 of 649
885
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,494
2,376 eligible divisions
487
55.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
718
48.1% of votes cast
398
45.0% of votes cast
No votes
776
51.9% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.7% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

21
-61.3 vs Commons average
Rank 592 of 649
Appearances
62
-20.3 vs Commons average
Rank 356 of 649
32
-111.5 vs Commons average
Rank 568 of 649
Contributions
72
-71.5 vs Commons average
Rank 435 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
£2,625,709
all imported IPSA years
£327,867
45% above average
Latest expenses
£265,608
17% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
13
5 registered categories
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
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
Migration
128 of 154 votes
#2
Migration
119 of 171 votes
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 60 votes
Work / Employment
55 of 67 votes
#4
Transport
64 of 95 votes
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
#5
Trade
61 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
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
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
Aye
Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations 2024 (SI, 2024, No. 869): motion to annul 10 Sept 2024
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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