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Rupert Lowe vs Colum Eastwood

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

Photograph of Rupert Lowe
Rupert Lowe
RB Great Yarmouth
vs
Photograph of Colum Eastwood
Colum Eastwood
SDLP Foyle

Voting alignment

Rupert Lowe and Colum Eastwood voted the same way 10% of the time, based on 82 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 74 different votes 82 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
0 Aye 4 No
Benefits 25% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 13 No
Tax 20% aligned 15 shared votes
10 Aye 5 No
1 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 14 shared votes
13 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 2 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 2 No
Housing 0% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
1 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 14 shared votes
13 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 2 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 2 No
Housing 0% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
1 Aye 4 No
Defence 0% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
1 Aye 4 No
Transport 0% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No

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

Voting record

33.1%
40% below average
Rank 638 of 649
Participation
53.4%
19% below average
Rank 612 of 649
195
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
885
1,658 eligible divisions
93
47.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
487
55.0% of votes cast
102
52.3% of votes cast
No votes
398
45.0% of votes cast
1
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

31
-50.7 vs Commons average
Rank 544 of 649
Appearances
20
-61.7 vs Commons average
Rank 592 of 649
40
-102.3 vs Commons average
Rank 540 of 649
Contributions
31
-111.3 vs Commons average
Rank 569 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£147,223
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,517,457
all imported IPSA years
£147,223
35% below average
Latest expenses
£327,867
45% above average
52
8 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
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
3 of 4 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
48 of 50 votes
NHS / Health
6 of 11 votes
#2
Migration
128 of 154 votes
Tax
55 of 112 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
Energy
9 of 20 votes
#4
Work / Employment
55 of 67 votes
Trade
3 of 7 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
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
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
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
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
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
Aye
Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations 2024 (SI, 2024, No. 869): motion to annul 10 Sept 2024
Aye
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