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David Davis vs Colum Eastwood

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

Photograph of David Davis
David Davis
Con Goole and Pocklington
vs
Photograph of Colum Eastwood
Colum Eastwood
SDLP Foyle

Voting alignment

David Davis and Colum Eastwood voted the same way 13% of the time, based on 610 shared comparable votes.

77 same votes 533 different votes 610 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
16 Aye 16 No
Trade 25% aligned 32 shared votes
12 Aye 20 No
28 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 24% aligned 54 shared votes
25 Aye 29 No
16 Aye 11 No
Defence 22% aligned 27 shared votes
17 Aye 10 No
3 Aye 6 No
Education 22% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
65 Aye 39 No
Migration 16% aligned 104 shared votes
28 Aye 76 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
9 Aye 20 No
12 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
17 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 26 shared votes
9 Aye 17 No
2 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 13 shared votes
11 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 11 No
Energy 0% aligned 12 shared votes
11 Aye 1 No

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

Voting record

64.8%
8% below average
Rank 521 of 649
Participation
53.5%
19% below average
Rank 611 of 649
1,537
2,373 eligible divisions
Total votes
885
1,655 eligible divisions
718
46.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
487
55.0% of votes cast
819
53.3% of votes cast
No votes
398
45.0% of votes cast
91
5.9% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
18 years, 2 months
Since 10 Jul 2008
Commons service
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

55
-26.2 vs Commons average
Rank 413 of 649
Appearances
20
-61.2 vs Commons average
Rank 590 of 649
85
-56.2 vs Commons average
Rank 378 of 649
Contributions
31
-110.2 vs Commons average
Rank 570 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,621,658
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,517,457
all imported IPSA years
£277,187
23% above average
Latest expenses
£327,867
45% above average
8
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
7
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

Brexit / EU
198 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
48 of 50 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#2
Migration
128 of 154 votes
Trade
72 of 91 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
Defence
53 of 71 votes
#4
Work / Employment
55 of 67 votes
Migration
126 of 171 votes
#5
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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
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
No
National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill: Motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 1 19 Mar 2025
Tax
No
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