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Claire Young vs Deirdre Costigan

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


Voting alignment

Claire Young and Deirdre Costigan voted the same way 22% of the time, based on 340 shared comparable votes.

76 same votes 264 different votes 340 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
8 Aye 1 No
Energy 78% aligned 9 shared votes
8 Aye 1 No
8 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 70% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 2 No
Migration 50% aligned 4 shared votes
0 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 36% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 10 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 13 shared votes
10 Aye 3 No
27 Aye 39 No
Tax 5% aligned 66 shared votes
42 Aye 24 No
17 Aye 22 No
Education 5% aligned 39 shared votes
24 Aye 15 No
7 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 14% aligned 21 shared votes
15 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 6 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

73.2%
1% above average
Rank 355 of 649
Participation
91.2%
19% above average
Rank 13 of 649
432
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
538
590 eligible divisions
231
53.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
277
51.5% of votes cast
201
46.5% of votes cast
No votes
261
48.5% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

144
+59.7 vs Commons average
Rank 79 of 650
Appearances
33
-51.3 vs Commons average
Rank 545 of 650
169
+22.1 vs Commons average
Rank 175 of 650
Contributions
37
-109.9 vs Commons average
Rank 559 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£203,164
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£196,485
all imported IPSA years
£203,164
10% below average
Latest expenses
£196,485
13% below average
4
2 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

Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#1
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#2
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Education
43 of 50 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#4
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

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