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Ms Marie Rimmer vs Colum Eastwood

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

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Ms Marie Rimmer
Lab St Helens South and Whiston
vs
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Colum Eastwood
SDLP Foyle

Voting alignment

Ms Marie Rimmer and Colum Eastwood voted the same way 96% of the time, based on 684 shared comparable votes.

656 same votes 28 different votes 684 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 23 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 45 shared votes
22 Aye 23 No
26 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 43 shared votes
26 Aye 17 No
15 Aye 20 No
Trade 100% aligned 35 shared votes
15 Aye 20 No
19 Aye 10 No
Defence 100% aligned 29 shared votes
19 Aye 10 No
10 Aye 18 No
Transport 100% aligned 28 shared votes
10 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
12 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 86% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
51 Aye 19 No
Tax 91% aligned 70 shared votes
47 Aye 23 No
14 Aye 18 No
Benefits 94% aligned 32 shared votes
16 Aye 16 No
29 Aye 43 No
Crime / Justice 97% aligned 72 shared votes
29 Aye 43 No
31 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 98% aligned 49 shared votes
30 Aye 19 No

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

Voting record

69.3 %
3 % below average
Rank 441 of 649
Participation
53.7 %
19 % below average
Rank 611 of 649
1,637
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
882
1,643 eligible divisions
881
53.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
485
55.0 % of votes cast
756
46.2 % of votes cast
No votes
397
45.0 % of votes cast
30
1.8 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

11
-66.9 vs Commons average
Rank 612 of 650
Appearances
17
-60.9 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 650
13
-125.3 vs Commons average
Rank 611 of 650
Contributions
28
-110.3 vs Commons average
Rank 576 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,944,981
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,517,457
all imported IPSA years
£257,584
14 % above average
Latest expenses
£327,867
45 % above average
0
0 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

Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
48 of 50 votes
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
#2
Migration
128 of 154 votes
Defence
60 of 71 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#4
Work / Employment
55 of 67 votes
Education
77 of 96 votes
#5
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No rebel
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 60 15 Sep 2025
Work / Employment
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
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No rebel
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
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
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 3 12 May 2025
Migration
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
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
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading 23 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
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
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