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Dame Meg Hillier vs Colum Eastwood

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Dame Meg Hillier
Dame Meg Hillier
Lab Hackney South and Shoreditch
vs
Photograph of Colum Eastwood
Colum Eastwood
SDLP Foyle

Voting alignment

Dame Meg Hillier and Colum Eastwood voted the same way 96% of the time, based on 711 shared comparable votes.

682 same votes 29 different votes 711 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
34 Aye 80 No
Migration 100% aligned 114 shared votes
34 Aye 80 No
36 Aye 46 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 82 shared votes
36 Aye 46 No
22 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 45 shared votes
22 Aye 23 No
27 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 42 shared votes
27 Aye 15 No
14 Aye 19 No
Trade 100% aligned 33 shared votes
14 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 16 No
Benefits 79% aligned 33 shared votes
18 Aye 15 No
10 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 84% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 3 No
Education 86% aligned 14 shared votes
9 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 87% aligned 15 shared votes
6 Aye 9 No
66 Aye 19 No
Tax 94% aligned 85 shared votes
63 Aye 22 No

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

Voting record

73.4 %
same as average
Rank 359 of 648
Participation
54.8 %
18 % below average
Rank 609 of 648
1,698
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
873
1,594 eligible divisions
967
56.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
478
54.8 % of votes cast
731
43.1 % of votes cast
No votes
395
45.2 % of votes cast
19
1.1 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
21 years, 1 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

88
+28.1 vs Commons average
Rank 112 of 648
Appearances
10
-49.9 vs Commons average
Rank 618 of 648
120
+12.1 vs Commons average
Rank 170 of 648
Contributions
21
-86.9 vs Commons average
Rank 589 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,571,517
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,517,457
all imported IPSA years
£274,096
21 % above average
Latest expenses
£327,867
45 % above average
8
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
0
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

Brexit / EU
190 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
48 of 50 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
128 of 152 votes
Education
81 of 95 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
Defence
50 of 59 votes
#4
Work / Employment
53 of 65 votes
NHS / Health
47 of 56 votes
#5
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
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
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
Aye
Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 60 15 Sep 2025
Work / Employment
No
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Clause 2, as amended, and Clause 3 stand part 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 12 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to insist on Amendments 439C and 439D and disagree with Lords Amendments 439E and 439F 22 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Pensions Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88A and 88C and propose amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendment 88B 22 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Draft Energy Prices Act 2022 (Extension of Time Limit) Regulations 2026 22 Apr 2026
Cost of Living Energy
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading 23 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Opposition Day: British Indian Ocean Territory 28 Jan 2026
No
Aye
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 20 Jan 2026
Defence
Aye
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