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Keir Mather vs Colum Eastwood

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

Photograph of Keir Mather
Keir Mather
Lab Selby
vs
Photograph of Colum Eastwood
Colum Eastwood
SDLP Foyle

Voting alignment

Keir Mather and Colum Eastwood voted the same way 91% of the time, based on 213 shared comparable votes.

194 same votes 19 different votes 213 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
6 Aye 22 No
Migration 100% aligned 28 shared votes
6 Aye 22 No
18 Aye 8 No
Tax 100% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 8 No
Transport 100% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 2 No
Energy 100% aligned 13 shared votes
11 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 5 No
Defence 100% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 7 No
Benefits 40% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 50% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 71% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 3 No
Education 88% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
8 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 94% aligned 18 shared votes
7 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

75.4 %
2 % above average
Rank 309 of 648
Participation
54.8 %
18 % below average
Rank 609 of 648
552
732 eligible divisions
Total votes
873
1,594 eligible divisions
275
49.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
478
54.8 % of votes cast
277
50.2 % of votes cast
No votes
395
45.2 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
2 years, 10 months
Since 20 Jul 2023
Commons service
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

62
+2.1 vs Commons average
Rank 218 of 648
Appearances
10
-49.9 vs Commons average
Rank 618 of 648
249
+141.1 vs Commons average
Rank 48 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

£451,152
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,517,457
all imported IPSA years
£306,391
35 % above average
Latest expenses
£327,867
45 % above average
1
1 registered category
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

Defence
23 of 23 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
48 of 50 votes
Education
49 of 51 votes
#2
Migration
128 of 152 votes
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 13 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
Transport
23 of 25 votes
#4
Work / Employment
53 of 65 votes
Benefits
27 of 31 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: 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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Opposition Day: British Indian Ocean Territory 28 Jan 2026
No
Aye
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 20 Jan 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 20 Jan 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 20 Jan 2026
Defence
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
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