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Colum Eastwood vs Sir Edward Leigh

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 Edward Leigh
Sir Edward Leigh
Con Gainsborough

Voting alignment

Colum Eastwood and Sir Edward Leigh voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 678 shared comparable votes.

14 same votes 664 different votes 678 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 8% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
57 Aye 24 No
Tax 6% aligned 81 shared votes
19 Aye 62 No
10 Aye 15 No
Benefits 4% aligned 25 shared votes
14 Aye 11 No
20 Aye 22 No
Brexit / EU 2% aligned 42 shared votes
21 Aye 21 No
24 Aye 82 No
Migration 0% aligned 106 shared votes
82 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 82 No
Migration 0% aligned 106 shared votes
82 Aye 24 No
26 Aye 49 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 75 shared votes
49 Aye 26 No
23 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 39 shared votes
16 Aye 23 No
20 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
13 Aye 20 No
18 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 28 shared votes
10 Aye 18 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
74.9%
2% above average
Rank 314 of 649
885
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,779
2,376 eligible divisions
487
55.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
838
47.1% of votes cast
398
45.0% of votes cast
No votes
941
52.9% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
22
1.2% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
43 years, 4 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

22
-61.6 vs Commons average
Rank 591 of 650
Appearances
171
+87.4 vs Commons average
Rank 40 of 650
33
-112.7 vs Commons average
Rank 569 of 650
Contributions
191
+45.3 vs Commons average
Rank 147 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
£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
£327,867
45% above average
Latest expenses
£216,835
4% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
188 of 211 votes
Migration
128 of 154 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
#3
Energy
56 of 70 votes
Work / Employment
55 of 67 votes
#4
Tax
256 of 322 votes
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
#5
Migration
135 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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 (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
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 Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
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
No
National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill: Motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 1 19 Mar 2025
Tax
No
Aye
Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations 2024 (SI, 2024, No. 869): motion to annul 10 Sept 2024
Aye
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