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Jeff Smith vs Colum Eastwood

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

Photograph of Jeff Smith
Jeff Smith
Lab Manchester Withington
vs
Photograph of Colum Eastwood
Colum Eastwood
SDLP Foyle

Voting alignment

Jeff Smith and Colum Eastwood voted the same way 95% of the time, based on 663 shared comparable votes.

631 same votes 32 different votes 663 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
35 Aye 42 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 77 shared votes
35 Aye 42 No
21 Aye 8 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 29 shared votes
21 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 20 No
Transport 100% aligned 27 shared votes
7 Aye 20 No
15 Aye 9 No
Defence 100% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
16 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
12 Aye 16 No
Benefits 75% aligned 28 shared votes
13 Aye 15 No
12 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 82% aligned 17 shared votes
13 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 15 No
Democracy / Parliament 90% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 4 No
Education 92% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
53 Aye 20 No
Tax 92% aligned 73 shared votes
49 Aye 24 No

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

Voting record

79.6%
7% above average
Rank 208 of 649
Participation
53.4%
19% below average
Rank 612 of 649
1,891
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
885
1,658 eligible divisions
1,028
54.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
487
55.0% of votes cast
863
45.6% of votes cast
No votes
398
45.0% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

55
-28.7 vs Commons average
Rank 421 of 649
Appearances
22
-61.7 vs Commons average
Rank 591 of 649
71
-74.9 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 649
Contributions
33
-112.9 vs Commons average
Rank 569 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,517,457
all imported IPSA years
£284,126
26% above average
Latest expenses
£327,867
45% above average
4
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

Housing
62 of 67 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
48 of 50 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#2
Migration
128 of 154 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#4
Work / Employment
55 of 67 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#5
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
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
Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 60 15 Sept 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
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
No
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