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Shabana Mahmood vs Colum Eastwood

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

Photograph of Shabana Mahmood
Shabana Mahmood
Lab Birmingham Ladywood
vs
Photograph of Colum Eastwood
Colum Eastwood
SDLP Foyle

Voting alignment

Shabana Mahmood and Colum Eastwood voted the same way 96% of the time, based on 582 shared comparable votes.

557 same votes 25 different votes 582 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
18 Aye 68 No
Migration 100% aligned 86 shared votes
18 Aye 68 No
32 Aye 43 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 75 shared votes
32 Aye 43 No
22 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 45 shared votes
22 Aye 23 No
26 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 39 shared votes
26 Aye 13 No
13 Aye 18 No
Trade 100% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 10 No
Benefits 72% aligned 25 shared votes
16 Aye 9 No
3 Aye 10 No
Democracy / Parliament 85% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 1 No
Digital / Online Safety 88% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
55 Aye 16 No
Tax 92% aligned 71 shared votes
51 Aye 20 No
18 Aye 68 No
Migration 100% aligned 86 shared votes
18 Aye 68 No

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

Voting record

54.1 %
19 % below average
Rank 610 of 647
Participation
54.4 %
19 % below average
Rank 608 of 647
1,257
2,323 eligible divisions
Total votes
873
1,605 eligible divisions
725
57.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
478
54.8 % of votes cast
532
42.3 % of votes cast
No votes
395
45.2 % of votes cast
12
1.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

48
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 366 of 647
Appearances
10
-53.7 vs Commons average
Rank 616 of 647
640
+526.2 vs Commons average
Rank 6 of 647
Contributions
21
-92.8 vs Commons average
Rank 588 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£2,874,401
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,517,457
all imported IPSA years
£287,702
27 % above average
Latest expenses
£327,867
45 % above average
4
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
4
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
182 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
48 of 50 votes
Foreign Affairs
51 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
128 of 152 votes
Trade
58 of 88 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
Democracy / Parliament
28 of 43 votes
#4
Work / Employment
53 of 65 votes
Environment / Climate
29 of 45 votes
#5
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Clause 2, as amended, and Clause 3 stand part 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 12 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
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
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
Draft Energy Prices Act 2022 (Extension of Time Limit) Regulations 2026 22 Apr 2026
Cost of Living Energy
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 25 13 Jan 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 64: Rates of alcohol duty 2 Dec 2025
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 51: Inheritance tax (pension interests) 2 Dec 2025
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 28: Capital gains tax (employee-ownership trusts) 2 Dec 2025
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 5: Income tax (savings rate for future years) 2 Dec 2025
Tax
Aye
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