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Sarah Pochin vs Colum Eastwood

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

Photograph of Sarah Pochin
Sarah Pochin
RUK Runcorn and Helsby
vs
Photograph of Colum Eastwood
Colum Eastwood
SDLP Foyle

Voting alignment

Sarah Pochin and Colum Eastwood voted the same way 16% of the time, based on 83 shared comparable votes.

13 same votes 70 different votes 83 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
3 Aye 1 No
Digital / Online Safety 75% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 6 No
Benefits 50% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
0 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 7% aligned 14 shared votes
13 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 6 No
Housing 0% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 6 No
Housing 0% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 3 No
Migration 0% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 5 No
Tax 0% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 1 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

57.1%
16% below average
Rank 597 of 649
Participation
53.6%
19% below average
Rank 612 of 649
225
394 eligible divisions
Total votes
884
1,648 eligible divisions
99
44.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
486
55.0% of votes cast
126
56.0% of votes cast
No votes
398
45.0% of votes cast
7
3.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
1 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 2025
Commons service
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

98
+19.3 vs Commons average
Rank 157 of 649
Appearances
18
-60.7 vs Commons average
Rank 595 of 649
118
-19.1 vs Commons average
Rank 256 of 649
Contributions
29
-108.1 vs Commons average
Rank 573 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£0
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,517,457
all imported IPSA years
n/a
average unavailable
Latest expenses
£327,867
45% above average
7
5 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

Trade
7 of 7 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
48 of 50 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#2
Migration
128 of 154 votes
Housing
22 of 24 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 10 votes
#4
Work / Employment
55 of 67 votes
Energy
6 of 8 votes
#5
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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 (o) 20 May 2026
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Draft Energy Prices Act 2022 (Extension of Time Limit) Regulations 2026 22 Apr 2026
Cost of Living Energy
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill: Second Reading 9 Dec 2025
Transport
Aye
No
Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 60 15 Sept 2025
Work / Employment
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Clause 2, as amended, and Clause 3 stand part 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 12 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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