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Graham Stringer vs Colum Eastwood

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

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Graham Stringer
Lab Blackley and Middleton South
vs
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Colum Eastwood
SDLP Foyle

Voting alignment

Graham Stringer and Colum Eastwood voted the same way 96% of the time, based on 573 shared comparable votes.

548 same votes 25 different votes 573 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
23 Aye 10 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 33 shared votes
23 Aye 10 No
11 Aye 21 No
Transport 100% aligned 32 shared votes
11 Aye 21 No
14 Aye 15 No
Trade 100% aligned 29 shared votes
14 Aye 15 No
15 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 7 No
Housing 100% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
10 Aye 8 No
Defence 83% aligned 18 shared votes
13 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 1 No
Digital / Online Safety 88% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
55 Aye 23 No
Tax 92% aligned 78 shared votes
51 Aye 27 No
7 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 95% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No
33 Aye 45 No
Crime / Justice 97% aligned 78 shared votes
33 Aye 45 No

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

Voting record

57.8 %
15 % below average
Rank 590 of 649
Participation
53.7 %
19 % below average
Rank 611 of 649
1,364
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
882
1,643 eligible divisions
683
50.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
485
55.0 % of votes cast
681
49.9 % of votes cast
No votes
397
45.0 % of votes cast
112
8.2 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
29 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

58
-19.9 vs Commons average
Rank 375 of 650
Appearances
17
-60.9 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 650
42
-96.3 vs Commons average
Rank 529 of 650
Contributions
28
-110.3 vs Commons average
Rank 576 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,011,354
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,517,457
all imported IPSA years
£160,334
29 % below average
Latest expenses
£327,867
45 % above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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

Migration
123 of 171 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
48 of 50 votes
NHS / Health
40 of 56 votes
#2
Migration
128 of 154 votes
Foreign Affairs
47 of 69 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
Housing
44 of 66 votes
#4
Work / Employment
55 of 67 votes
Defence
47 of 71 votes
#5
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No rebel
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 20 Jan 2026
Defence
Aye
No rebel
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 20 Jan 2026
Defence
Aye
No rebel
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 20 Jan 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No rebel
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
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
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
Aye
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 3 12 May 2025
Migration
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
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
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 36, 90 and 155, insist on Amendments 155A to 155F and propose Amendment (a) 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 89B and 89C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: Clause 86 stand part 13 Jan 2026
Tax
Aye
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