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Colum Eastwood vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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 Sir Desmond Swayne
Sir Desmond Swayne
Con New Forest West

Voting alignment

Colum Eastwood and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 792 shared comparable votes.

17 same votes 775 different votes 792 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
8 Aye 5 No
Education 15% aligned 13 shared votes
3 Aye 10 No
15 Aye 18 No
Benefits 6% aligned 33 shared votes
16 Aye 17 No
11 Aye 8 No
Digital / Online Safety 5% aligned 19 shared votes
7 Aye 12 No
56 Aye 24 No
Tax 3% aligned 80 shared votes
22 Aye 58 No
24 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 2% aligned 47 shared votes
22 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 87 No
Migration 0% aligned 120 shared votes
87 Aye 33 No
43 Aye 45 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 88 shared votes
45 Aye 43 No
29 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 47 shared votes
18 Aye 29 No
18 Aye 21 No
Trade 0% aligned 39 shared votes
21 Aye 18 No
21 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 32 shared votes
11 Aye 21 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
88.7%
16% above average
Rank 32 of 649
885
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
487
55.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
976
46.3% of votes cast
398
45.0% of votes cast
No votes
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

22
-61.6 vs Commons average
Rank 591 of 650
Appearances
150
+66.4 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 650
33
-112.7 vs Commons average
Rank 569 of 650
Contributions
154
+8.3 vs Commons average
Rank 198 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
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£327,867
45% above average
Latest expenses
£127,783
44% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 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
210 of 211 votes
Migration
128 of 154 votes
#2
Trade
89 of 91 votes
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
55 of 67 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
#5
Defence
67 of 71 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
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
Where they voted the same
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
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
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 to Lords Amendment 2 19 Mar 2025
Tax
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill: Motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 1 19 Mar 2025
Tax
No
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