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Kit Malthouse vs Colum Eastwood

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

Photograph of Kit Malthouse
Kit Malthouse
Con North West Hampshire
vs
Photograph of Colum Eastwood
Colum Eastwood
SDLP Foyle

Voting alignment

Kit Malthouse and Colum Eastwood voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 774 shared comparable votes.

40 same votes 734 different votes 774 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
5 Aye 9 No
Education 21% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 6 No
Digital / Online Safety 15% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
23 Aye 64 No
Tax 8% aligned 87 shared votes
57 Aye 30 No
15 Aye 19 No
Benefits 6% aligned 34 shared votes
17 Aye 17 No
9 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 23 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 40 shared votes
23 Aye 17 No
21 Aye 17 No
Trade 0% aligned 38 shared votes
17 Aye 21 No
19 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 29 shared votes
10 Aye 19 No
10 Aye 18 No
Defence 0% aligned 28 shared votes
18 Aye 10 No
11 Aye 14 No
Housing 0% aligned 25 shared votes
14 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

86.0%
13% above average
Rank 77 of 649
Participation
53.4%
19% below average
Rank 612 of 649
2,044
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
885
1,658 eligible divisions
979
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
487
55.0% of votes cast
1,065
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
398
45.0% of votes cast
22
1.1% 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

81
-2.7 vs Commons average
Rank 263 of 649
Appearances
22
-61.7 vs Commons average
Rank 591 of 649
121
-24.9 vs Commons average
Rank 269 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

£2,190,913
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,517,457
all imported IPSA years
£293,019
30% above average
Latest expenses
£327,867
45% above average
5
4 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

Trade
88 of 91 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
48 of 50 votes
Migration
163 of 171 votes
#2
Migration
128 of 154 votes
Brexit / EU
200 of 211 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
Devolution / Local Government
61 of 66 votes
#4
Work / Employment
55 of 67 votes
Work / Employment
69 of 77 votes
#5
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
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
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 60 15 Sept 2025
Work / Employment
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Data (Use and Access) Bill: Motion to insist on disagreement to LA49 and make (a) to (e) in lieu 10 Jun 2025
Digital / Online Safety
No
No
Data Use and Access Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 49D 22 May 2025
No
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