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Kim Leadbeater vs Colum Eastwood

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

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Kim Leadbeater
Lab Spen Valley
vs
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Colum Eastwood
SDLP Foyle

Voting alignment

Kim Leadbeater and Colum Eastwood voted the same way 94% of the time, based on 570 shared comparable votes.

538 same votes 32 different votes 570 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
17 Aye 9 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 26 shared votes
17 Aye 9 No
15 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
13 Aye 8 No
Defence 100% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
15 Aye 1 No
Energy 100% aligned 16 shared votes
15 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
9 Aye 8 No
Benefits 59% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
12 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 82% aligned 17 shared votes
13 Aye 4 No
9 Aye 4 No
Education 85% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 88% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 No
44 Aye 23 No
Tax 91% aligned 67 shared votes
40 Aye 27 No

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

Voting record

82.3%
10% above average
Rank 151 of 649
Participation
53.4%
19% below average
Rank 612 of 649
1,103
1,340 eligible divisions
Total votes
885
1,658 eligible divisions
571
51.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
487
55.0% of votes cast
532
48.2% of votes cast
No votes
398
45.0% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
5 years, 3 months
Since 1 Jul 2021
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

9
-74.7 vs Commons average
Rank 625 of 649
Appearances
22
-61.7 vs Commons average
Rank 591 of 649
18
-127.9 vs Commons average
Rank 611 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

£1,032,995
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,517,457
all imported IPSA years
£309,696
37% above average
Latest expenses
£327,867
45% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
2
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

Education
63 of 65 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
48 of 50 votes
NHS / Health
37 of 40 votes
#2
Migration
128 of 154 votes
Crime / Justice
129 of 142 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
Foreign Affairs
28 of 31 votes
#4
Work / Employment
55 of 67 votes
Devolution / Local Government
48 of 54 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
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 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
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
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
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