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Colum Eastwood vs Sir Julian Smith

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 Smith
Con Skipton and Ripon

Voting alignment

Colum Eastwood and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 684 shared comparable votes.

34 same votes 650 different votes 684 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 25% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 13% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 No
52 Aye 25 No
Tax 6% aligned 77 shared votes
20 Aye 57 No
17 Aye 17 No
Benefits 6% aligned 34 shared votes
15 Aye 19 No
14 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 17 No
Trade 0% aligned 32 shared votes
17 Aye 15 No
8 Aye 16 No
Transport 0% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
6 Aye 12 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 18 shared votes
14 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
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 257 of 649
885
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
487
55.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
884
48.1% of votes cast
398
45.0% of votes cast
No votes
953
51.9% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

22
-61.7 vs Commons average
Rank 591 of 649
Appearances
98
+14.3 vs Commons average
Rank 183 of 649
33
-112.9 vs Commons average
Rank 569 of 649
Contributions
117
-28.9 vs Commons average
Rank 286 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
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£327,867
45% above average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
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
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Migration
128 of 154 votes
#2
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
#3
Energy
61 of 70 votes
Work / Employment
55 of 67 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
191 of 230 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
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: Amendment 9 20 Oct 2025
Defence
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
Data (Use and Access) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 2 7 May 2025
Digital / Online Safety
Aye
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