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Matt Bishop vs Colum Eastwood

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


Voting alignment

Matt Bishop and Colum Eastwood voted the same way 82% of the time, based on 111 shared comparable votes.

91 same votes 20 different votes 111 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 4 No
Transport 100% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 3 No
Defence 100% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 6 No
Housing 100% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 4 No
Education 100% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
1 Aye 3 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
1 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 25% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 7 No
Benefits 42% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
0 Aye 5 No
Migration 60% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
21 Aye 8 No
Tax 83% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No
9 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 92% aligned 13 shared votes
10 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

52.9%
20% below average
Rank 615 of 649
Participation
53.4%
19% below average
Rank 612 of 649
312
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
885
1,658 eligible divisions
145
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
487
55.0% of votes cast
167
53.5% of votes cast
No votes
398
45.0% of votes cast
1
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

34
-49.7 vs Commons average
Rank 535 of 649
Appearances
22
-61.7 vs Commons average
Rank 591 of 649
45
-100.9 vs Commons average
Rank 529 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

£157,583
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,517,457
all imported IPSA years
£157,583
30% below average
Latest expenses
£327,867
45% above average
6
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
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

Tax
77 of 112 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
48 of 50 votes
Energy
13 of 20 votes
#2
Migration
128 of 154 votes
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 14 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
Digital / Online Safety
7 of 11 votes
#4
Work / Employment
55 of 67 votes
NHS / Health
7 of 11 votes
#5
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API