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Sir Gavin Williamson vs Colum Eastwood

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

Photograph of Sir Gavin Williamson
Sir Gavin Williamson
Con Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge
vs
Photograph of Colum Eastwood
Colum Eastwood
SDLP Foyle

Voting alignment

Sir Gavin Williamson and Colum Eastwood voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 717 shared comparable votes.

30 same votes 687 different votes 717 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
2 Aye 7 No
Digital / Online Safety 11% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 11% aligned 19 shared votes
15 Aye 4 No
22 Aye 63 No
Tax 6% aligned 85 shared votes
58 Aye 27 No
15 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 5% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No
14 Aye 13 No
Benefits 4% aligned 27 shared votes
12 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 23 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 37 shared votes
23 Aye 14 No
17 Aye 16 No
Trade 0% aligned 33 shared votes
16 Aye 17 No
19 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 29 shared votes
10 Aye 19 No
9 Aye 18 No
Defence 0% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
11 Aye 14 No
Housing 0% aligned 25 shared votes
14 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

78.3%
6% above average
Rank 235 of 649
Participation
53.4%
19% below average
Rank 612 of 649
1,860
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
885
1,658 eligible divisions
889
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
487
55.0% of votes cast
971
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
398
45.0% of votes cast
8
0.4% 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

73
-10.6 vs Commons average
Rank 303 of 650
Appearances
22
-61.6 vs Commons average
Rank 591 of 650
90
-55.7 vs Commons average
Rank 371 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

£2,645,311
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,517,457
all imported IPSA years
£278,816
23% above average
Latest expenses
£327,867
45% above average
10
5 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
2
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
200 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
48 of 50 votes
Migration
155 of 171 votes
#2
Migration
128 of 154 votes
Transport
83 of 95 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
Trade
78 of 91 votes
#4
Work / Employment
55 of 67 votes
Housing
57 of 67 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
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
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
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
Data Use and Access Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 49D 22 May 2025
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
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API