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Sir Iain Duncan Smith vs Colum Eastwood

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

Photograph of Sir Iain Duncan Smith
Sir Iain Duncan Smith
Con Chingford and Woodford Green
vs
Photograph of Colum Eastwood
Colum Eastwood
SDLP Foyle

Voting alignment

Sir Iain Duncan Smith and Colum Eastwood voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 746 shared comparable votes.

33 same votes 713 different votes 746 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
4 Aye 9 No
Education 15% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
12 Aye 17 No
Trade 14% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
5 Aye 11 No
Digital / Online Safety 13% aligned 16 shared votes
11 Aye 5 No
21 Aye 58 No
Tax 9% aligned 79 shared votes
55 Aye 24 No
15 Aye 16 No
Benefits 6% aligned 31 shared votes
14 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
51 Aye 42 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 93 shared votes
42 Aye 51 No
17 Aye 29 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 46 shared votes
29 Aye 17 No
18 Aye 11 No
Transport 0% aligned 29 shared votes
11 Aye 18 No
9 Aye 18 No
Defence 0% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
12 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 16 shared votes
4 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

81.4%
9% above average
Rank 172 of 649
Participation
53.4%
19% below average
Rank 612 of 649
1,935
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
885
1,658 eligible divisions
887
45.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
487
55.0% of votes cast
1,048
54.2% of votes cast
No votes
398
45.0% of votes cast
41
2.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
34 years, 6 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

99
+15.4 vs Commons average
Rank 174 of 650
Appearances
22
-61.6 vs Commons average
Rank 591 of 650
171
+25.3 vs Commons average
Rank 170 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

£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,517,457
all imported IPSA years
£265,254
17% above average
Latest expenses
£327,867
45% above average
9
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
6
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
208 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
48 of 50 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
128 of 154 votes
Housing
60 of 67 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#4
Work / Employment
55 of 67 votes
Crime / Justice
198 of 230 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
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
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
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
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
Aye
Data (Use and Access) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 2 7 May 2025
Digital / Online Safety
Aye
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
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