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Nick Smith vs Colum Eastwood

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

Photograph of Nick Smith
Nick Smith
Lab Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney
vs
Photograph of Colum Eastwood
Colum Eastwood
SDLP Foyle

Voting alignment

Nick Smith and Colum Eastwood voted the same way 95% of the time, based on 735 shared comparable votes.

700 same votes 35 different votes 735 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 22 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 44 shared votes
22 Aye 22 No
23 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 38 shared votes
23 Aye 15 No
15 Aye 20 No
Trade 100% aligned 35 shared votes
15 Aye 20 No
8 Aye 21 No
Transport 100% aligned 29 shared votes
8 Aye 21 No
18 Aye 9 No
Defence 100% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 17 No
Benefits 80% aligned 35 shared votes
19 Aye 16 No
12 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 86% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 4 No
Education 88% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 89% aligned 18 shared votes
6 Aye 12 No
65 Aye 22 No
Tax 93% aligned 87 shared votes
61 Aye 26 No

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

Voting record

74.8 %
2 % above average
Rank 318 of 649
Participation
53.7 %
19 % below average
Rank 611 of 649
1,767
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
882
1,643 eligible divisions
1,012
57.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
485
55.0 % of votes cast
755
42.7 % of votes cast
No votes
397
45.0 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

91
+13.1 vs Commons average
Rank 183 of 650
Appearances
17
-60.9 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 650
119
-19.3 vs Commons average
Rank 239 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

£2,595,067
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,517,457
all imported IPSA years
£251,492
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£327,867
45 % above average
0
0 registered categories
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
89 of 96 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
48 of 50 votes
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
#2
Migration
128 of 154 votes
Housing
58 of 66 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#4
Work / Employment
55 of 67 votes
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 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
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 Sep 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
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
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
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
No
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