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James Murray vs Colum Eastwood

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

Photograph of James Murray
James Murray
Lab Ealing North
vs
Photograph of Colum Eastwood
Colum Eastwood
SDLP Foyle

Voting alignment

James Murray and Colum Eastwood voted the same way 96% of the time, based on 749 shared comparable votes.

718 same votes 31 different votes 749 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
40 Aye 49 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 89 shared votes
40 Aye 49 No
22 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 45 shared votes
22 Aye 23 No
28 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 44 shared votes
28 Aye 16 No
17 Aye 19 No
Trade 100% aligned 36 shared votes
17 Aye 19 No
20 Aye 11 No
Defence 100% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 17 No
Benefits 79% aligned 33 shared votes
17 Aye 16 No
11 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 88% aligned 16 shared votes
13 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 15 No
Democracy / Parliament 89% aligned 19 shared votes
6 Aye 13 No
10 Aye 4 No
Education 93% aligned 14 shared votes
9 Aye 5 No
66 Aye 25 No
Tax 93% aligned 91 shared votes
62 Aye 29 No

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

Voting record

73.3 %
1 % above average
Rank 354 of 649
Participation
53.7 %
19 % below average
Rank 611 of 649
1,204
1,643 eligible divisions
Total votes
882
1,643 eligible divisions
643
53.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
485
55.0 % of votes cast
561
46.6 % of votes cast
No votes
397
45.0 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

86
+8.1 vs Commons average
Rank 210 of 650
Appearances
17
-60.9 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 650
707
+568.7 vs Commons average
Rank 9 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

£1,325,130
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,517,457
all imported IPSA years
£293,355
30 % above average
Latest expenses
£327,867
45 % above average
6
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
3
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

Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
48 of 50 votes
Housing
48 of 53 votes
#2
Migration
128 of 154 votes
Foreign Affairs
45 of 50 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
Migration
132 of 154 votes
#4
Work / Employment
55 of 67 votes
Education
58 of 69 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
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
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
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
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 Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
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
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