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Kate Osborne vs Colum Eastwood

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

Photograph of Kate Osborne
Kate Osborne
Lab Jarrow and Gateshead East
vs
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Colum Eastwood
SDLP Foyle

Voting alignment

Kate Osborne and Colum Eastwood voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 657 shared comparable votes.

635 same votes 22 different votes 657 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
33 Aye 45 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 78 shared votes
33 Aye 45 No
15 Aye 18 No
Trade 100% aligned 33 shared votes
15 Aye 18 No
12 Aye 20 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 32 shared votes
12 Aye 20 No
20 Aye 11 No
Defence 100% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
9 Aye 19 No
Transport 100% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 71% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 16 No
Democracy / Parliament 90% aligned 21 shared votes
7 Aye 14 No
54 Aye 19 No
Tax 92% aligned 73 shared votes
50 Aye 23 No
9 Aye 4 No
Education 92% aligned 13 shared votes
8 Aye 5 No
10 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 96% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

64.2%
8% below average
Rank 529 of 649
Participation
53.4%
19% below average
Rank 612 of 649
1,065
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
885
1,658 eligible divisions
548
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
487
55.0% of votes cast
517
48.5% of votes cast
No votes
398
45.0% of votes cast
15
1.4% 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

7
-76.7 vs Commons average
Rank 629 of 649
Appearances
22
-61.7 vs Commons average
Rank 591 of 649
7
-138.9 vs Commons average
Rank 626 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

£1,466,346
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,517,457
all imported IPSA years
£344,831
52% above average
Latest expenses
£327,867
45% above average
3
3 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

Democracy / Parliament
35 of 41 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
48 of 50 votes
Migration
131 of 154 votes
#2
Migration
128 of 154 votes
Trade
41 of 53 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
Environment / Climate
34 of 44 votes
#4
Work / Employment
55 of 67 votes
Education
50 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 rebel
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 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
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 12 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
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
Data (Use and Access) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 2 7 May 2025
Digital / Online Safety
Aye
No
Data (Use and Access) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 7 May 2025
Digital / Online Safety
Aye
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill: Motion to Disagree with Lords Amendment 8 19 Mar 2025
Tax
No
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 4 19 Mar 2025
Tax
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 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
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
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