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Colum Eastwood vs Sir Bernard Jenkin

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 Bernard Jenkin
Con Harwich and North Essex

Voting alignment

Colum Eastwood and Sir Bernard Jenkin voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 736 shared comparable votes.

35 same votes 701 different votes 736 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
7 Aye 5 No
Education 17% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
16 Aye 19 No
Trade 11% aligned 35 shared votes
17 Aye 18 No
57 Aye 29 No
Tax 7% aligned 86 shared votes
23 Aye 63 No
14 Aye 17 No
Benefits 6% aligned 31 shared votes
15 Aye 16 No
35 Aye 89 No
Migration 2% aligned 124 shared votes
86 Aye 38 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 32 shared votes
11 Aye 21 No
11 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
21 Aye 11 No
17 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
10 Aye 17 No
Transport 0% aligned 27 shared votes
17 Aye 10 No
12 Aye 11 No
Housing 0% aligned 23 shared votes
11 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
79.7%
7% above average
Rank 204 of 649
885
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,893
2,376 eligible divisions
487
55.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
47.4% of votes cast
398
45.0% of votes cast
No votes
996
52.6% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
21
1.1% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

22
-61.7 vs Commons average
Rank 591 of 649
Appearances
126
+42.3 vs Commons average
Rank 104 of 649
33
-112.9 vs Commons average
Rank 569 of 649
Contributions
193
+47.1 vs Commons average
Rank 145 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
£2,529,411
all imported IPSA years
£327,867
45% above average
Latest expenses
£260,047
15% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
5 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
205 of 211 votes
Migration
128 of 154 votes
#2
Migration
158 of 171 votes
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
#3
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Work / Employment
55 of 67 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
#5
Trade
81 of 91 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: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
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 disagree to Lords Amendment 49D 22 May 2025
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
No
National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill: Motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 2 19 Mar 2025
Tax
No
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