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Rebecca Long Bailey vs Colum Eastwood

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

Photograph of Rebecca Long Bailey
Rebecca Long Bailey
Lab Salford
vs
Photograph of Colum Eastwood
Colum Eastwood
SDLP Foyle

Voting alignment

Rebecca Long Bailey and Colum Eastwood voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 740 shared comparable votes.

717 same votes 23 different votes 740 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
37 Aye 50 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 87 shared votes
37 Aye 50 No
29 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 42 shared votes
29 Aye 13 No
22 Aye 18 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 40 shared votes
22 Aye 18 No
17 Aye 19 No
Trade 100% aligned 36 shared votes
17 Aye 19 No
17 Aye 17 No
Benefits 100% aligned 34 shared votes
17 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 3 No
Education 86% aligned 14 shared votes
9 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 88% aligned 17 shared votes
6 Aye 11 No
12 Aye 8 No
Digital / Online Safety 90% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
54 Aye 23 No
Tax 92% aligned 77 shared votes
50 Aye 27 No
31 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 98% aligned 48 shared votes
30 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

76.7 %
4 % above average
Rank 273 of 649
Participation
53.7 %
19 % below average
Rank 611 of 649
1,812
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
882
1,643 eligible divisions
1,007
55.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
485
55.0 % of votes cast
805
44.4 % of votes cast
No votes
397
45.0 % of votes cast
25
1.4 % 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

44
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 466 of 650
Appearances
17
-60.9 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 650
45
-93.3 vs Commons average
Rank 515 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

£1,991,058
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,517,457
all imported IPSA years
£259,636
15 % above average
Latest expenses
£327,867
45 % above average
5
1 registered category
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

Defence
68 of 71 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
48 of 50 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
128 of 154 votes
Housing
58 of 66 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 43 votes
#4
Work / Employment
55 of 67 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 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
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
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
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 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 1 7 May 2025
Digital / Online Safety
Aye
No
Opposition Day: Winter Fuel Payment 19 Mar 2025
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
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
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