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Colum Eastwood vs Sir Julian Lewis

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 Julian Lewis
Con New Forest East

Voting alignment

Colum Eastwood and Sir Julian Lewis voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 716 shared comparable votes.

44 same votes 672 different votes 716 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
5 Aye 6 No
Education 18% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
19 Aye 11 No
Defence 17% aligned 30 shared votes
10 Aye 20 No
17 Aye 18 No
Trade 14% aligned 35 shared votes
17 Aye 18 No
12 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 10% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
17 Aye 17 No
Benefits 9% aligned 34 shared votes
14 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 41 shared votes
15 Aye 26 No
12 Aye 19 No
Transport 0% aligned 31 shared votes
19 Aye 12 No
11 Aye 11 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No
16 Aye 2 No
Energy 0% aligned 18 shared votes
2 Aye 16 No
4 Aye 10 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 14 shared votes
10 Aye 4 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
80.0%
7% above average
Rank 199 of 649
885
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,900
2,376 eligible divisions
487
55.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
899
47.3% of votes cast
398
45.0% of votes cast
No votes
1,001
52.7% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.2% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

21
-61.3 vs Commons average
Rank 592 of 649
Appearances
361
+278.7 vs Commons average
Rank 6 of 649
32
-111.5 vs Commons average
Rank 568 of 649
Contributions
478
+334.5 vs Commons average
Rank 23 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
£2,159,138
all imported IPSA years
£327,867
45% above average
Latest expenses
£212,155
6% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
193 of 211 votes
Migration
128 of 154 votes
#2
Trade
83 of 91 votes
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
#3
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Work / Employment
55 of 67 votes
#4
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
58 of 66 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
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 with Lords Amendment 8 19 Mar 2025
Tax
No
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