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Colum Eastwood vs Sir John Hayes

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 John Hayes
Con South Holland and The Deepings

Voting alignment

Colum Eastwood and Sir John Hayes voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 747 shared comparable votes.

24 same votes 723 different votes 747 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 6 No
Education 14% aligned 14 shared votes
4 Aye 10 No
14 Aye 11 No
Benefits 8% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 No
55 Aye 28 No
Tax 6% aligned 83 shared votes
23 Aye 60 No
12 Aye 19 No
Trade 3% aligned 31 shared votes
18 Aye 13 No
21 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 2% aligned 42 shared votes
20 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 81 No
Migration 0% aligned 112 shared votes
81 Aye 31 No
40 Aye 49 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 89 shared votes
49 Aye 40 No
28 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 45 shared votes
17 Aye 28 No
21 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 32 shared votes
11 Aye 21 No
12 Aye 18 No
Transport 0% aligned 30 shared votes
18 Aye 12 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

53.7 %
19 % below average
Rank 611 of 649
Participation
81.9 %
9 % above average
Rank 162 of 649
882
1,643 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,933
2,361 eligible divisions
485
55.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
913
47.2 % of votes cast
397
45.0 % of votes cast
No votes
1,020
52.8 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
25
1.3 % of votes cast
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
29 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

17
-60.9 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 650
Appearances
110
+32.1 vs Commons average
Rank 122 of 650
28
-110.3 vs Commons average
Rank 576 of 650
Contributions
231
+92.7 vs Commons average
Rank 98 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
£2,932,645
all imported IPSA years
£327,867
45 % above average
Latest expenses
£280,368
24 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 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
202 of 211 votes
Migration
128 of 154 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Work / Employment
55 of 67 votes
#4
Housing
60 of 66 votes
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
#5
Trade
78 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
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
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: 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 Sep 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 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
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