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Peter Dowd vs Colum Eastwood

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

Photograph of Peter Dowd
Peter Dowd
Lab Bootle
vs
Photograph of Colum Eastwood
Colum Eastwood
SDLP Foyle

Voting alignment

Peter Dowd and Colum Eastwood voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 605 shared comparable votes.

584 same votes 21 different votes 605 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
17 Aye 19 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 36 shared votes
17 Aye 19 No
20 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 33 shared votes
20 Aye 13 No
19 Aye 11 No
Defence 100% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 21 No
Transport 100% aligned 28 shared votes
7 Aye 21 No
8 Aye 19 No
Trade 100% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
9 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 79% aligned 14 shared votes
10 Aye 4 No
59 Aye 25 No
Tax 93% aligned 84 shared votes
55 Aye 29 No
25 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 96% aligned 45 shared votes
25 Aye 20 No
30 Aye 38 No
Migration 97% aligned 68 shared votes
32 Aye 36 No
37 Aye 50 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 87 shared votes
36 Aye 51 No

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

Voting record

69.2 %
4 % below average
Rank 455 of 648
Participation
54.8 %
18 % below average
Rank 609 of 648
1,599
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
873
1,594 eligible divisions
904
56.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
478
54.8 % of votes cast
695
43.5 % of votes cast
No votes
395
45.2 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

29
-30.9 vs Commons average
Rank 510 of 648
Appearances
10
-49.9 vs Commons average
Rank 618 of 648
14
-93.9 vs Commons average
Rank 613 of 648
Contributions
21
-86.9 vs Commons average
Rank 589 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,517,457
all imported IPSA years
£243,077
7 % above average
Latest expenses
£327,867
45 % above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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

Defence
52 of 59 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
48 of 50 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
#2
Migration
128 of 152 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 75 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
#4
Work / Employment
53 of 65 votes
Education
75 of 95 votes
#5
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 60 15 Sep 2025
Work / Employment
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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
Aye
Data Use and Access Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 49D 22 May 2025
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
Aye
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 3 12 May 2025
Migration
Aye
No
Data (Use and Access) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 2 7 May 2025
Digital / Online Safety
Aye
No
Data (Use and Access) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 7 May 2025
Digital / Online Safety
Aye
No
Opposition Day: Winter Fuel Payment 19 Mar 2025
Aye
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill: Motion to Disagree with Lords Amendment 8 19 Mar 2025
Tax
No
Where they voted the same
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
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
No
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
Aye
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 20 Jan 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 20 Jan 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 20 Jan 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: Clause 86 stand part 13 Jan 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 25 13 Jan 2026
Tax
No
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