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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.

Photograph of Graham Stringer
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 568 shared comparable votes.

544 same votes 24 different votes 568 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

58.0 %
15 % below average
Rank 594 of 648
Participation
54.8 %
18 % below average
Rank 609 of 648
1,342
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
873
1,594 eligible divisions
676
50.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
478
54.8 % of votes cast
666
49.6 % of votes cast
No votes
395
45.2 % of votes cast
112
8.3 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

47
-12.9 vs Commons average
Rank 355 of 648
Appearances
10
-49.9 vs Commons average
Rank 618 of 648
33
-74.9 vs Commons average
Rank 533 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

£2,011,354
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
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

Migration
121 of 169 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
48 of 50 votes
NHS / Health
40 of 56 votes
#2
Migration
128 of 152 votes
Transport
62 of 87 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
Foreign Affairs
47 of 69 votes
#4
Work / Employment
53 of 65 votes
Housing
44 of 66 votes
#5
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Opposition Day: Winter Fuel Payment 19 Mar 2025
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
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
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 25 13 Jan 2026
Tax
No
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 12 Jan 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Railways Bill: Second Reading 9 Dec 2025
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill: Opposition Reasoned Amendment 9 Dec 2025
Transport
No
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