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Andrew Bowie vs Deirdre Costigan

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


Voting alignment

Andrew Bowie and Deirdre Costigan voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 317 shared comparable votes.

10 same votes 307 different votes 317 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
5 Aye 7 No
Benefits 25% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
9 Aye 5 No
Defence 7% aligned 14 shared votes
4 Aye 10 No
17 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 36 shared votes
17 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
12 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
9 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 8 No
Energy 0% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 5 No
Transport 0% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

80.4%
8% above average
Rank 189 of 649
Participation
91.2%
19% above average
Rank 13 of 649
1,706
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
538
590 eligible divisions
833
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
277
51.5% of votes cast
873
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
261
48.5% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

70
-12.3 vs Commons average
Rank 311 of 649
Appearances
23
-59.3 vs Commons average
Rank 582 of 649
114
-29.5 vs Commons average
Rank 290 of 649
Contributions
26
-117.5 vs Commons average
Rank 589 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,982,147
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£196,485
all imported IPSA years
£339,342
50% above average
Latest expenses
£196,485
13% below average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
0
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
187 of 188 votes
#1
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
#2
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Migration
154 of 163 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Trade
82 of 87 votes
#4
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 46 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Sit in private 25 Apr 2025
Tax
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API