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Cat Smith vs Deirdre Costigan

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


Voting alignment

Cat Smith and Deirdre Costigan voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 368 shared comparable votes.

364 same votes 4 different votes 368 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
44 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 72 shared votes
44 Aye 28 No
25 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 51 shared votes
25 Aye 26 No
18 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
18 Aye 16 No
20 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 25 shared votes
20 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 12 No
Transport 100% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 13 No
Benefits 89% aligned 19 shared votes
6 Aye 13 No
44 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 72 shared votes
44 Aye 28 No
25 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 51 shared votes
25 Aye 26 No
18 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
18 Aye 16 No
20 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 25 shared votes
20 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

72.2%
same as average
Rank 377 of 650
Participation
90.8%
18% above average
Rank 14 of 650
1,744
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
573
631 eligible divisions
944
54.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
293
51.1% of votes cast
800
45.9% of votes cast
No votes
280
48.9% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

33
-61.5 vs Commons average
Rank 568 of 650
Appearances
91
-3.5 vs Commons average
Rank 257 of 650
39
-125.5 vs Commons average
Rank 572 of 650
Contributions
128
-36.5 vs Commons average
Rank 302 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,077,786
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£196,485
all imported IPSA years
£260,697
15% above average
Latest expenses
£196,485
13% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
0
0 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

NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#1
Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#2
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Brexit / EU
179 of 212 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Foreign Affairs
69 of 82 votes
#4
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API