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Sir John Whittingdale vs Colum Eastwood

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

Photograph of Sir John Whittingdale
Sir John Whittingdale
Con Maldon
vs
Photograph of Colum Eastwood
Colum Eastwood
SDLP Foyle

Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Colum Eastwood voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 710 shared comparable votes.

30 same votes 680 different votes 710 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 6 No
Education 38% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 10 No
Digital / Online Safety 13% aligned 15 shared votes
10 Aye 5 No
20 Aye 45 No
Tax 9% aligned 65 shared votes
39 Aye 26 No
16 Aye 16 No
Benefits 3% aligned 32 shared votes
15 Aye 17 No
13 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 3% aligned 38 shared votes
24 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 23 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 37 shared votes
23 Aye 14 No
18 Aye 17 No
Trade 0% aligned 35 shared votes
17 Aye 18 No
11 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 32 shared votes
21 Aye 11 No
16 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
8 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

80.5%
8% above average
Rank 187 of 649
Participation
53.4%
19% below average
Rank 612 of 649
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
885
1,658 eligible divisions
915
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
487
55.0% of votes cast
998
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
398
45.0% of votes cast
12
0.6% 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

78
-5.6 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 650
Appearances
22
-61.6 vs Commons average
Rank 591 of 650
112
-33.7 vs Commons average
Rank 301 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

£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,517,457
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£327,867
45% above average
9
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

Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
48 of 50 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Migration
128 of 154 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
Devolution / Local Government
57 of 66 votes
#4
Work / Employment
55 of 67 votes
Defence
59 of 71 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
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
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
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
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 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
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API