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Baggy Shanker vs Deirdre Costigan

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


Voting alignment

Baggy Shanker and Deirdre Costigan voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 402 shared comparable votes.

402 same votes 0 different votes 402 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
45 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 82 shared votes
45 Aye 37 No
25 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 42 shared votes
25 Aye 17 No
20 Aye 12 No
Housing 100% aligned 32 shared votes
20 Aye 12 No
23 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
23 Aye 8 No
17 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 27 shared votes
17 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
45 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 82 shared votes
45 Aye 37 No
25 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 42 shared votes
25 Aye 17 No
20 Aye 12 No
Housing 100% aligned 32 shared votes
20 Aye 12 No
23 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
23 Aye 8 No
17 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 27 shared votes
17 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

83.7%
11% above average
Rank 116 of 649
Participation
91.2%
19% above average
Rank 13 of 649
494
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
538
590 eligible divisions
262
53.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
277
51.5% of votes cast
232
47.0% of votes cast
No votes
261
48.5% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

72
-10.3 vs Commons average
Rank 301 of 649
Appearances
23
-59.3 vs Commons average
Rank 582 of 649
89
-54.5 vs Commons average
Rank 369 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

£198,540
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£196,485
all imported IPSA years
£198,540
12% below average
Latest expenses
£196,485
13% below average
4
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

Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
#1
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
Housing
32 of 32 votes
#2
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#4
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API