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Colum Eastwood vs Stuart Anderson

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 Stuart Anderson
Stuart Anderson
Con South Shropshire

Voting alignment

Colum Eastwood and Stuart Anderson voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 694 shared comparable votes.

25 same votes 669 different votes 694 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 17% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
54 Aye 24 No
Tax 6% aligned 78 shared votes
19 Aye 59 No
16 Aye 18 No
Benefits 6% aligned 34 shared votes
16 Aye 18 No
32 Aye 78 No
Migration 3% aligned 110 shared votes
75 Aye 35 No
18 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 3% aligned 39 shared votes
20 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
42 Aye 39 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 81 shared votes
39 Aye 42 No
21 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 36 shared votes
15 Aye 21 No
12 Aye 21 No
Trade 0% aligned 33 shared votes
21 Aye 12 No
9 Aye 18 No
Transport 0% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
17 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 26 shared votes
9 Aye 17 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
76.0%
3% above average
Rank 286 of 649
885
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,260
1,658 eligible divisions
487
55.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
607
48.2% of votes cast
398
45.0% of votes cast
No votes
653
51.8% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.3% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

22
-61.6 vs Commons average
Rank 591 of 650
Appearances
65
-18.6 vs Commons average
Rank 348 of 650
33
-112.7 vs Commons average
Rank 569 of 650
Contributions
111
-34.7 vs Commons average
Rank 314 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
£1,320,074
all imported IPSA years
£327,867
45% above average
Latest expenses
£303,089
34% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
63 of 63 votes
Migration
128 of 154 votes
#2
Energy
42 of 48 votes
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
#3
Trade
46 of 53 votes
Work / Employment
55 of 67 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
37 of 44 votes
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
145 of 174 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
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
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
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
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
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
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
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