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Dr Kieran Mullan vs Colum Eastwood

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

Photograph of Dr Kieran Mullan
Dr Kieran Mullan
Con Bexhill and Battle
vs
Photograph of Colum Eastwood
Colum Eastwood
SDLP Foyle

Voting alignment

Dr Kieran Mullan and Colum Eastwood voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 801 shared comparable votes.

33 same votes 768 different votes 801 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
4 Aye 9 No
Education 23% aligned 13 shared votes
8 Aye 5 No
19 Aye 60 No
Tax 8% aligned 79 shared votes
54 Aye 25 No
16 Aye 18 No
Benefits 6% aligned 34 shared votes
16 Aye 18 No
7 Aye 11 No
Digital / Online Safety 6% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
21 Aye 17 No
Trade 5% aligned 38 shared votes
17 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 30 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 48 shared votes
30 Aye 18 No
19 Aye 11 No
Transport 0% aligned 30 shared votes
11 Aye 19 No
10 Aye 19 No
Defence 0% aligned 29 shared votes
19 Aye 10 No
10 Aye 14 No
Housing 0% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

84.7%
12% above average
Rank 103 of 649
Participation
53.4%
19% below average
Rank 612 of 649
1,404
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
885
1,658 eligible divisions
688
49.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
487
55.0% of votes cast
716
51.0% of votes cast
No votes
398
45.0% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

136
+52.4 vs Commons average
Rank 88 of 650
Appearances
22
-61.6 vs Commons average
Rank 591 of 650
541
+395.3 vs Commons average
Rank 17 of 650
Contributions
33
-112.7 vs Commons average
Rank 569 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,272,613
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,517,457
all imported IPSA years
£301,859
33% above average
Latest expenses
£327,867
45% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
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
50 of 50 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
48 of 50 votes
Migration
147 of 154 votes
#2
Migration
128 of 154 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
Crime / Justice
164 of 174 votes
#4
Work / Employment
55 of 67 votes
Devolution / Local Government
51 of 55 votes
#5
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
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
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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