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Priti Patel vs Colum Eastwood

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

Photograph of Priti Patel
Priti Patel
Con Witham
vs
Photograph of Colum Eastwood
Colum Eastwood
SDLP Foyle

Voting alignment

Priti Patel and Colum Eastwood voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 511 shared comparable votes.

20 same votes 491 different votes 511 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
1 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 5 No
Education 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
8 Aye 48 No
Tax 9% aligned 56 shared votes
43 Aye 13 No
10 Aye 8 No
Benefits 6% aligned 18 shared votes
7 Aye 11 No
59 Aye 26 No
Migration 4% aligned 85 shared votes
23 Aye 62 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 56 shared votes
22 Aye 34 No
18 Aye 20 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 38 shared votes
20 Aye 18 No
18 Aye 15 No
Trade 0% aligned 33 shared votes
15 Aye 18 No
7 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 11 No
Housing 0% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

61.7%
11% below average
Rank 560 of 649
Participation
53.4%
19% below average
Rank 612 of 649
1,466
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
885
1,658 eligible divisions
666
45.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
487
55.0% of votes cast
800
54.6% of votes cast
No votes
398
45.0% of votes cast
14
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

68
-15.6 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 650
Appearances
22
-61.6 vs Commons average
Rank 591 of 650
95
-50.7 vs Commons average
Rank 356 of 650
Contributions
33
-112.7 vs Commons average
Rank 569 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,462,741
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,517,457
all imported IPSA years
£244,429
8% above average
Latest expenses
£327,867
45% above average
12
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
12
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

Brexit / EU
189 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
48 of 50 votes
Housing
52 of 67 votes
#2
Migration
128 of 154 votes
Trade
70 of 91 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
#4
Work / Employment
55 of 67 votes
Tax
217 of 322 votes
#5
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
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
No
Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 60 15 Sept 2025
Work / Employment
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
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
Opposition Day: Winter Fuel Payment 19 Mar 2025
Aye
No
National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill: Motion to Disagree with Lords Amendment 8 19 Mar 2025
Tax
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 4 19 Mar 2025
Tax
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill: Motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 3 19 Mar 2025
Tax
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill: Motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 2 19 Mar 2025
Tax
No
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