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Matt Western vs Colum Eastwood

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


Voting alignment

Matt Western and Colum Eastwood voted the same way 95% of the time, based on 737 shared comparable votes.

703 same votes 34 different votes 737 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
22 Aye 15 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 37 shared votes
22 Aye 15 No
20 Aye 15 No
Trade 100% aligned 35 shared votes
20 Aye 15 No
12 Aye 20 No
Transport 100% aligned 32 shared votes
12 Aye 20 No
16 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 23 shared votes
16 Aye 7 No
13 Aye 8 No
Defence 100% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 14 No
Benefits 77% aligned 31 shared votes
18 Aye 13 No
5 Aye 16 No
Democracy / Parliament 90% aligned 21 shared votes
7 Aye 14 No
9 Aye 4 No
Education 92% aligned 13 shared votes
8 Aye 5 No
61 Aye 21 No
Tax 93% aligned 82 shared votes
57 Aye 25 No
34 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 96% aligned 49 shared votes
34 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

74.3%
2% above average
Rank 323 of 650
Participation
53.5%
19% below average
Rank 612 of 650
1,597
2,150 eligible divisions
Total votes
903
1,687 eligible divisions
888
55.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
498
55.1% of votes cast
709
44.4% of votes cast
No votes
405
44.9% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

91
+2.2 vs Commons average
Rank 237 of 650
Appearances
32
-56.8 vs Commons average
Rank 562 of 650
107
-47.6 vs Commons average
Rank 336 of 650
Contributions
82
-72.6 vs Commons average
Rank 427 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,940,185
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,517,457
all imported IPSA years
£312,296
38% above average
Latest expenses
£327,867
45% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
3
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

Foreign Affairs
79 of 82 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
59 of 63 votes
Migration
147 of 163 votes
#2
Migration
128 of 154 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 44 votes
#3
Work / Employment
58 of 70 votes
Brexit / EU
166 of 189 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
53 of 64 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 47 votes
#5
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API